Village · Jaisinghnagar, Shahdol
# Bijaha Tola

Bijaha Tola is a village in Jaisinghnagar sub-district of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted 473 people in 109 households, the 141st largest of 199 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.
- 473 people (2011)
- 109 households
- 63.8% literacy
- 955 females per 1,000 males

## Bijaha Tola PIN code and other codes

Bijaha Tola falls in Jaisinghnagar sub-district, Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh.
- Community development block Jaisinghnagar
- Census village code 501046

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

## How far is Bijaha Tola from nearby towns?
- Jaisinghnagar (sub-district HQ) 27 km by road
- Shahdol (district HQ) 72 km by road
- Beohari (nearest town) 15 km by road

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

## What facilities are there in Bijaha Tola?

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

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

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

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011) 10 h summer · 12 h winter

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

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bijaha Tola known for?

About 21% of the 784 hectares of village land is sown, and 29 hectares are irrigated.

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

## Homes and amenities in Bijaha Tola

Of every 100 households in Bijaha Tola in 2011, 26 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bijaha Tola · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 26% 30%
- Toilet within the home 3% 6%
- No toilet (open defecation) 97% 94%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 22% 40%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 99%
- Use banking services 54% 62%
- Television 2% 4%
- Mobile phone 14% 20%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 2% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 27% 38%
- 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 Bijaha Tola?

■ Bijaha Tola · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 63.8% 62.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 955 987
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 875 957
- Working population 41.2% 52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 51.5% for women. 55% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 52 (27%) · ■ Farm labourers 18 (9%) · ■ Household industry 2 (1%) · ■ Other work 37 (19%) · ■ Marginal 86 (44%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Jaisinghnagar
- Patera Tola 514 people
- Badkadol 488 people
- Pathrapani 487 people
- Simaudh 480 people
- Kudra 463 people
- Kusmi 462 people
- Bijaha 452 people
- Saradpur 446 people

All 204 villages in Jaisinghnagar

## Quick answers
- How far is Bijaha Tola from Shahdol? 72 km by road
- What is the population of Bijaha Tola? 473 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijaha Tola in? Shahdol district (Jaisinghnagar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bijaha Tola? 63.8% (Census 2011)

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