# Benagam Village, Bhairabsingipur, Koraput (Odisha) – PIN Code

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Village · Bhairabsingipur, Koraput 

# Benagam

Benagam is a village in Bhairabsingipur sub-district of Koraput district, Odisha, PIN code **764057**. The 2011 Census counted **1,419 people in 324 households**, the 15th largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 43.7%.

- 1,419people (2011)
- 324households
- 44.6%literacy
- 764057PIN code

## Benagam PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Benagam is 764057.** Benagam falls in Bhairabsingipur sub-district, Koraput district, Odisha.

- PIN code764057
- Gram panchayatBenagam
- Community development blockBoriguma
- Census village code428343

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

## How far is Benagam from nearby towns?

- Bhairabsingipur (sub-district HQ)17 km by road
- Koraput (district HQ)61 km by road
- Kotpad (nearest town)28 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 Benagam?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Benagam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Alternative medicine hospitalIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●DispensaryIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Boriguma
- ○Degree college10+ km · Jeypore
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambaguda
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public libraryunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)13 h summer · 18 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 Benagam known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 79% of the 283 hectares of village land is sown.

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

## Homes and amenities in Benagam

Of every 100 households in Benagam in 2011, 6 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Benagam · ■ Bhairabsingipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**11%

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

**10%

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

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**20%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****71%**

**56%

Own their home ****0%**

**95%

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 Benagam?

■ Benagam · ■ Bhairabsingipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.6%**

**43.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1183**

**1050

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1196**

**1007

Working population ****38.6%**

**52.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.3% for men and 38.1% for women. 48% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 129 (24%) · **■** Marginal 336 (61%)

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 Bhairabsingipur

- Bhairabsingipur1,512 people
- Janiguda1,512 people
- Mundaguda1,500 people
- Pakhanaguda1,471 people
- Malikarchi1,395 people
- Bodigan1,356 people
- Katharagada1,356 people
- Sanamajhiguda1,238 people

[All 83 villages in Bhairabsingipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/odisha/koraput/bhairabsingipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Benagam?764057
- How far is Benagam from Koraput?61 km by road
- What is the population of Benagam?1,419 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Benagam in?Koraput district (Bhairabsingipur sub-district), Odisha
- What is the literacy rate of Benagam?44.6% (Census 2011)