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Gram panchayat · Bijepur block · Bargarh

Beniachal gram panchayat

Beniachal is a gram panchayat (village council) in Bijepur block of Bargarh district, Odisha, covering 3 villages, home to 3,309 people in 914 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Bijepur assembly constituency and the Bargarh Lok Sabha constituency.

Villages
3
Population (2011)
3,309
Literacy
67.0%
Area
11.6 km²
LGD code
116458

Villages of Beniachal

VillageHouseholdsPopulationLiteracySCST
Tileemal4651,62267.1%30%9%
Beniachal3051,18061.6%12%13%
Bhetiapadar14450778.9%2%0%

Villages: Local Government Directory (lgdirectory.gov.in), Government of India — data dump of December 2022 via github.com/planemad/india-local-government-directory (December 2022). Figures: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level); a dash means the census figures could not be matched to the village.

People and work in Beniachal

The panchayat's villages added together.

Population
3,309
1,613 male · 1,696 female
Households
914
about 3.6 people each
Literacy (age 7+)
67.0%
below Bijepur block's villages (74.0%)
Females per 1,000 males
1,051
above Bijepur block's villages (982)
Children aged 0–6
384
11.6% of residents
Workers
2,402
72.6% of residents
Scheduled Castes
630 (19.0%)
Scheduled Tribes
306 (9.2%)

What the 2,402 workers did

  • Cultivators455 (18.9%)
  • Agricultural labourers290 (12.1%)
  • Household industry36 (1.5%)
  • Other work174 (7.2%)
  • Marginal workers1,447 (60.2%)

Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (village level), summed over the panchayat's villages (2011).

Facilities in the villages of Beniachal

How many of the 3 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 3 villages cover 12 km², 87% of it sown with crops and 2% forest.

Education

  • Primary school3 of 3
  • Middle school1 of 3
  • Secondary school1 of 3
  • Senior secondary school1 of 3
  • Degree college0 of 3

Health

  • Primary health centre0 of 3
  • Health sub-centre1 of 3
  • Anganwadi centre3 of 3

Water & power

  • Treated tap water0 of 3
  • Hand pump2 of 3
  • Electricity for homes3 of 3

Roads & transport

  • All-weather road1 of 3
  • Public bus1 of 3
  • Mobile phone coverage2 of 3

Services

  • Post office or sub post office0 of 3
  • Commercial bank0 of 3
  • Ration (PDS) shop1 of 3
  • Weekly haat0 of 3
Primary schools
4
Middle schools
1
Secondary schools
2
Degree colleges
0
Primary health centres
0
Health sub-centres
1

Main crops named by villages: Paddy (3), Ground Nuts (3), Pulses (3).

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook: Village and Town Directory (Odisha). The facilities were recorded for the 2011 census (reference year 2009 for most items); many places have changed since. Facilities in towns are not included.

Other gram panchayats in Bijepur block

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