# Bijaha Village, Jaisinghnagar, Shahdol (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Jaisinghnagar, Shahdol 

# Bijaha

Bijaha is a village in Jaisinghnagar sub-district of Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **452 people in 105 households**, the 144th largest of 199 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 452people (2011)
- 105households
- 56.9%literacy
- 1,055females per 1,000 males

## Bijaha PIN code and other codes

Bijaha falls in Jaisinghnagar sub-district, Shahdol district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockJaisinghnagar
- Census village code501049

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

## How far is Bijaha from nearby towns?

- Jaisinghnagar (sub-district HQ)22 km by road
- Shahdol (district HQ)62 km by road
- Jaisinghnagar (nearest town)22 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 Bijaha?

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

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●State highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km
- ○Degree college10+ km · Beohari
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shahdol
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shop5–10 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds

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 Bijaha known for?

About 24% of the 541 hectares of village land is sown, and 19 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 Bijaha

Of every 100 households in Bijaha in 2011, 44 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bijaha · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**94%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**40%

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

**0%

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

**99%

Use banking services ****77%**

**62%

Television ****11%**

**4%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Bijaha?

■ Bijaha · ■ Jaisinghnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.9%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1055**

**987

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**957

Working population ****48.9%**

**52.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 50.5% for women. 61% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 67 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 25 (11%) · **■** Marginal 124 (56%)

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 Jaisinghnagar

- Simaudh480 people
- Bijaha Tola473 people
- Kudra463 people
- Kusmi462 people
- Saradpur446 people
- Ghori Ghat 171428 people
- Narghi423 people
- Nawa Tola411 people

[All 204 villages in Jaisinghnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/shahdol/jaisinghnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bijaha from Shahdol?62 km by road
- What is the population of Bijaha?452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bijaha in?Shahdol district (Jaisinghnagar sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bijaha?56.9% (Census 2011)