# Bamhoury Village, Shamshabad, Vidisha (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Shamshabad, Vidisha 

# Bamhoury

Bamhoury is a village in Shamshabad sub-district of Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,968 people in 299 households**, the 10th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.5%.

- 1,968people (2011)
- 299households
- 82.0%literacy
- 802females per 1,000 males

## Bamhoury PIN code and other codes

Bamhoury falls in Shamshabad sub-district, Vidisha district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockNateran
- Census village code481558

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

## How far is Bamhoury from nearby towns?

- Shamshabad (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Vidisha (district HQ)53 km by road
- Shamshabad (nearest town)3 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 Bamhoury?

9 services counted by the Census are inside Bamhoury; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Shamshabad
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Vidisha
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 12 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 Bamhoury known for?

About 76% of the 231 hectares of village land is sown, and 128 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 Bamhoury

Of every 100 households in Bamhoury in 2011, 67 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bamhoury · ■ Shamshabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**5%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**95%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**99%

Use banking services ****45%**

**22%

Television ****42%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**50%

Own their home ****87%**

**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 Bamhoury?

■ Bamhoury · ■ Shamshabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**59.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****802**

**891

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**946

Working population ****26.8%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 71.4% for women. 38% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 64 (12%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 184 (35%) · **■** Marginal 117 (22%)

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 Shamshabad

- Satpada Hat2,781 people
- Karmedi2,156 people
- Thana2,136 people
- Dangarwada2,081 people
- Barkheda Makhu1,963 people
- Karahiya1,905 people
- Sadher1,861 people
- Binjh Jagir1,773 people

[All 98 villages in Shamshabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/vidisha/shamshabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bamhoury from Vidisha?53 km by road
- What is the population of Bamhoury?1,968 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bamhoury in?Vidisha district (Shamshabad sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bamhoury?82.0% (Census 2011)