| Mankota | |
| Official Name: | Village of Mankota |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | CAN SK Mankota#Saskatchewan#Canada |
| Coordinates: | 49.421°N -107.07°W |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type2: | Region |
| Subdivision Name2: | Saskatchewan |
| Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
| Subdivision Type4: | Rural Municipality |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Grant Martin |
| Leader Title1: | Administrator |
| Leader Name1: | April Williamson |
| Established Title: | Post office Founded |
| Established Date: | 1911 |
| Established Title2: | Village Incorporated |
| Established Date2: | N/A |
| Established Title3: | Town Incorporated |
| Established Date3: | N/A |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.55 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 211 |
| Population Density Km2: | 153.3 |
| Timezone: | CST |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | S0H 2W0 |
| Area Code: | 306 |
| Blank Name: | Highways |
| Blank Info: | Highway 18 Highway 19 |
Mankota (2021 population:) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Mankota No. 45 and Census Division No. 3. The village is located on Highway 18, about 150 km southeast of the City of Swift Current. It is also near the villages of Kincaid, Ferland, Hazenmore, and Glentworth.
The community acquired a post office in 1911 and was named by combining Manitoba and North Dakota, the original homes of many of its initial settlers.[1] Mankota incorporated as a village on February 3, 1941.[2]
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Mankota had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . With a land area of 1.5km2, it had a population density of in 2021.[3]
In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Mankota recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of 1.42km2, it had a population density of in 2016.[4]
Mankota has a stockyard for the sale of cattle from many farms in the area. Other businesses include the Grasslands Inn, a motel/restaurant, a general store, an Innovation Credit Union, a small clinic/old folks home, a bowling alley, a town hall, a library, a fire station, a smaller community centre, an auto repair shop, a Petro-Canada gas station, and a Canada Post office.
In 2016, Weil Group Resources of Dallas constructed a $10 million helium processing facility near Mankota to supply refined, industrial-grade helium gas to world markets, reviving a mineral resource which was previously established in Saskatchewan.[5]
Mankota has one school that covers Kindergarten through Grade 12 in the Prairie South School Division. Enrollment for the 2008-2009 year was at 78, declining to 61 in 2011, and declining further every year on average.
There are 40 students enrolled for the 2022-23 school year, seven of which are in Grade 12.