Village · Bhairamgarh, Bijapur
# Bandemarka

Bandemarka is a village in Bhairamgarh sub-district of Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code 494122. The 2011 Census counted 72 people in 18 households, the 183rd largest of 218 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 5.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 29.3%.
- 72 people (2011)
- 18 households
- 5.9% literacy
- 494122 PIN code

## Bandemarka PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Bandemarka is 494122. Bandemarka falls in Bhairamgarh sub-district, Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh.
- PIN code 494122
- Gram panchayat Ambeli
- Community development block Bhairamgarh
- Census village code 451178

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Bandemarka from nearby towns?
- Bhairamgarh (sub-district HQ) 32 km by road
- Bijapur (district HQ) 38 km by road
- Dantewada (nearest town) 120 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Bandemarka?

0 services counted by the Census are inside Bandemarka; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school 10+ km · Marwada
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Bhairamgarh
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Bijapur
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bijapur
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and canal / river

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bandemarka known for?

The main crops are paddy, maize and cereal. Products made here include bamboo basket and mat. About 2% of the 437 hectares of village land is sown, and 0 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Bandemarka

Of every 100 households in Bandemarka in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bandemarka · ■ Bhairamgarh rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 9%
- Toilet within the home 0% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 96%
- Tap water 0% 5%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 3%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 99%
- Use banking services 0% 15%
- Television 0% 2%
- Mobile phone 6% 4%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 2%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 94% 69%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Bandemarka?

■ Bandemarka · ■ Bhairamgarh rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 5.9% 29.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1250 995
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 3000 992
- Working population 87.5% 53.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 9.7% for men and 2.7% for women. 91% of men and 85% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 60 (95%) · ■ Other work 1 (2%) · ■ Marginal 2 (3%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Bhairamgarh
- Mardingpal 77 people
- Mukabeli 76 people
- Okenar 76 people
- Itulkudum 74 people
- Odsanpalli 72 people
- Kohkawada 71 people
- Gufa 67 people
- Tadwala 67 people

All 282 villages in Bhairamgarh

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Bandemarka? 494122
- How far is Bandemarka from Bijapur? 38 km by road
- What is the population of Bandemarka? 72 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bandemarka in? Bijapur district (Bhairamgarh sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Bandemarka? 5.9% (Census 2011)

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