# Bedar Village, Bankhedi, Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Bankhedi, Hoshangabad 

# Bedar

Bedar is a village in Bankhedi sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **549 people in 115 households**, the 83rd largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%.

- 549people (2011)
- 115households
- 66.2%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Bedar PIN code and other codes

Bedar falls in Bankhedi sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBankhedi
- Census village code487946

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bedar from nearby towns?

- Bankhedi (sub-district HQ)24 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ)119 km by road
- Pipariya (nearest town)44 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bedar?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Bedar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Umardha
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pipariya
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshangabad
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bedar known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 86% of the 306 hectares of village land is sown, and 207 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bedar

Of every 100 households in Bedar in 2011, 14 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bedar · ■ Bankhedi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**94%

Use banking services ****17%**

**27%

Television ****3%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bedar?

■ Bedar · ■ Bankhedi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**66.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1154**

**931

Working population ****46.3%**

**43.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 54.4% for women. 61% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 77 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 159 (63%) · **■** Other work 18 (7%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Bankhedi

- Junawani564 people
- Pipariya Khurd553 people
- Tantra553 people
- Kheri Kishore550 people
- Kadaiya544 people
- Dahalwada Khurd539 people
- Sirawada537 people
- Kudari528 people

[All 125 villages in Bankhedi](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/bankhedi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bedar from Hoshangabad?119 km by road
- What is the population of Bedar?549 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bedar in?Hoshangabad district (Bankhedi sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bedar?66.2% (Census 2011)