Gram panchayat · Tihidi block · Bhadrak
Bilana gram panchayat
Bilana is a gram panchayat (village council) in Tihidi block of Bhadrak district, Odisha, covering 1 village, home to 4,738 people in 967 households at the 2011 census. It votes in the Dhamnagar assembly constituency and the Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency.
- Villages
- 1
- Population (2011)
- 4,738
- Literacy
- 83.1%
- Area
- 4.1 km²
- LGD code
- 116754
Villages of Bilana
| Village | Households | Population | Literacy | SC | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilana | 967 | 4,738 | 83.1% | 42% | 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 Bilana
The panchayat's villages added together.
- Population
- 4,738
- 2,314 male · 2,424 female
- Households
- 967
- about 4.9 people each
- Literacy (age 7+)
- 83.1%
- about the same as Tihidi block's villages (82.4%)
- Females per 1,000 males
- 1,048
- above Tihidi block's villages (997)
- Children aged 0–6
- 481
- 10.2% of residents
- Workers
- 1,530
- 32.3% of residents
- Scheduled Castes
- 1,982 (41.8%)
- Scheduled Tribes
- 0 (0.0%)
What the 1,530 workers did
- Cultivators222 (14.5%)
- Agricultural labourers330 (21.6%)
- Household industry20 (1.3%)
- Other work154 (10.1%)
- Marginal workers804 (52.5%)
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 Bilana
How many of the 1 inhabited villages of this gram panchayat had each facility within the village itself, from the Census 2011 Village Directory. Together the 1 villages cover 4 km², 53% of it sown with crops and 0% forest.
Education
- Primary school1 of 1
- Middle school1 of 1
- Secondary school1 of 1
- Senior secondary school0 of 1
- Degree college0 of 1
Health
- Primary health centre0 of 1
- Health sub-centre1 of 1
- Anganwadi centre1 of 1
Water & power
- Treated tap water0 of 1
- Hand pump1 of 1
- Electricity for homes1 of 1
Roads & transport
- All-weather road1 of 1
- Public bus1 of 1
- Mobile phone coverage1 of 1
Services
- Post office or sub post office1 of 1
- Commercial bank0 of 1
- Ration (PDS) shop1 of 1
- Weekly haat1 of 1
- Primary schools
- 5
- Middle schools
- 1
- Secondary schools
- 2
- Degree colleges
- 0
- Primary health centres
- 0
- Health sub-centres
- 1
Main crops named by villages: Paddy (1).
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 Tihidi block
- Achak
- Bahabalpur
- Bamanbindha
- Barasar
- Baro
- Bhatapada
- Bodak
- Daulatpur
- Dolasahi
- Fatepur
- Gobindapur
- Guamal
- Harisinghpur
- Jamjodi
- Kanpada
- Karada
- Kolha
- Kumbera
- Maharampur
- Mangalpur
- Mukundapur
- Narendrapur
- Nayananda
- Paliabindha
- Rajnagar
- Sahapur
- Saya
- Shyamasundarpur
- Sindol
- Talagopabindha
- Talapada
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