Village · Bankhedi, Hoshangabad
# Bijanhai

Bijanhai is a village in Bankhedi sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 695 people in 156 households, the 61st largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.0%.
- 695 people (2011)
- 156 households
- 55.5% literacy
- 889 females per 1,000 males

## Bijanhai PIN code and other codes

Bijanhai falls in Bankhedi sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Bankhedi
- Census village code 488047

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

## How far is Bijanhai from nearby towns?
- Bankhedi (sub-district HQ) 18 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ) 108 km by road
- Pipariya (nearest town) 38 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Bijanhai?

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

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 1 govt
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● ASHA health worker In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Bankhedi
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Bhopal
- ○ Primary health centre under 5 km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 10+ km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 5–10 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011) 4 h summer · 6 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bijanhai known for?

The main crops are soyabean, dhan and wheat. About 35% of the 487 hectares of village land is sown, and 35 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Bijanhai

Of every 100 households in Bijanhai in 2011, 8 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bijanhai · ■ Bankhedi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 8% 59%
- Toilet within the home 6% 25%
- No toilet (open defecation) 94% 74%
- Tap water 1% 11%
- Drinking water within premises 8% 26%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 6%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 99% 94%
- Use banking services 1% 27%
- Television 0% 24%
- Mobile phone 6% 38%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 16%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 92% 36%
- Own their home 100% 96%

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

## What is the population of Bijanhai?

■ Bijanhai · ■ Bankhedi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 55.5% 66.0%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 889 919
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 939 931
- Working population 53.2% 43.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.3% for men and 46.6% for women. 57% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 99 (27%) · ■ Farm labourers 258 (70%) · ■ Other work 5 (1%) · ■ Marginal 8 (2%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Bankhedi
- Panjra 738 people
- Kalangaon 720 people
- Gadarwada 697 people
- Hanotia 697 people
- Chargaon 676 people
- Berkhedi 675 people
- Baghedi 674 people
- Jamuniya Randhir 665 people

All 125 villages in Bankhedi

## Quick answers
- How far is Bijanhai from Hoshangabad? 108 km by road
- What is the population of Bijanhai? 695 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijanhai in? Hoshangabad district (Bankhedi sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bijanhai? 55.5% (Census 2011)

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