Census town · Bargarh district
Bijepur
Bijepur is a census town: a place the census counts as urban (5,000+ people, at least three-quarters of male main workers outside farming, 400+ people per km²) but which has no municipal body and is governed as part of a gram panchayat, in Bargarh district, Odisha. Census 2011 counted 6,922 people in 1,743 households, up 18.3% from 5,852 in 2001.
- Population (2011)
- 6,922
- Literacy
- 85.4%
- Area
- 5.67 km²
- Sub-district
- Bijepur
- Census town code
- 380419
People and work in Bijepur
- Population
- 6,922
- 3,437 male · 3,485 female
- Households
- 1,743
- about 4.0 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 85.4%
- men 92.4% · women 78.7%about the same as urban Bargarh (85.8%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,014
- above urban Bargarh (961)
- Girls per 1,000 boys (0–6)
- 937
- People per km²
- 1,221
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,227 (17.7%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 403 (5.8%)
What the 2,867 workers did
- Cultivators155 (5.4%)
- Agricultural labourers159 (5.5%)
- Household industry738 (25.7%)
- Other work1,325 (46.2%)
- Marginal workers490 (17.1%)
Marginal workers worked less than six months of the year.
Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (district, sub-district and town level).
Population since 1991
Census counts for each decade in which Bijepur was counted as a town (L = lakh).
Place and climate
- Area
- 5.67 km²
- Population class
- Class V
- Community development block
- Bhejpur
- Annual rainfall
- 1,719 mm
- Temperature range
- 8°C to 40°C
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 350 km by road
- District headquarters
- Bargarh, 30 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barpali, 20 km
- Nearest city of 1 lakh+
- Sambalpur, 80 km
- Roads
- 12.4 km pucca, 8 km kutcha
- Fire station
- Nearest at Bargarh, 16 km
- Homes with electricity connections
- 415
Schools and colleges
- Primary schools
- 5 (3 government, 2 private)
- Middle schools
- 3 (2 government, 1 private)
- Secondary schools
- 3 (3 government, 0 private)
- Senior secondary schools
- 1 (1 government, 0 private)
- Degree colleges
- 1
Health
- Hospitals (allopathic)
- 1, 16 beds
- Family welfare centres
- 1
- Maternity homes
- 1
- TB clinics
- 1
- Veterinary hospitals
- 1
- Medicine shops
- 9
Banks, culture and products
- Nationalised banks
- 1
- Co-operative banks
- 1
- Stadiums
- 1
- Main manufactured products
- Paddy, G.Nut, Pulses
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.
Other towns in Bargarh
See also: Bijepur sub-district · People of Bargarh district
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