# Bekalaya Village, Barwaha, Khargone (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Barwaha, Khargone 

# Bekalaya

Bekalaya is a village in Barwaha sub-district of Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **364 people in 74 households**, the 197th largest of 254 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.6%.

- 364people (2011)
- 74households
- 64.3%literacy
- 1,092females per 1,000 males

## Bekalaya PIN code and other codes

Bekalaya falls in Barwaha sub-district, Khargone district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBarwaha
- Census village code476618

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

## How far is Bekalaya from nearby towns?

- Barwaha (sub-district HQ)18 km by road
- Khargone (district HQ)98 km by road
- Barwaha (nearest town)18 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 Bekalaya?

2 services counted by the Census are inside Bekalaya; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Katkut
- ○Degree college10+ km · Barwaha
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Indore
- ○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 market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)4 h summer · 4 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 Bekalaya known for?

About 42% of the 307 hectares of village land is sown, and 55 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 Bekalaya

Of every 100 households in Bekalaya in 2011, 24 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bekalaya · ■ Barwaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**86%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**58%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**35%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****6%**

**35%

Television ****10%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**20%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****59%**

**41%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

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 Bekalaya?

■ Bekalaya · ■ Barwaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.3%**

**65.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1092**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**933

Working population ****54.1%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 51.2% for women. 60% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 124 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (7%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 56 (28%)

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 Barwaha

- Navalpura389 people
- Chandupura376 people
- Pidhway Khurd374 people
- Sultanpura374 people
- Rajpura363 people
- Ghosla359 people
- Bargawan358 people
- Kham Kheda358 people

[All 323 villages in Barwaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/khargone/barwaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bekalaya from Khargone?98 km by road
- What is the population of Bekalaya?364 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bekalaya in?Khargone district (Barwaha sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bekalaya?64.3% (Census 2011)