Birjam
Sohella block · Bargarh
district, Odisha · PIN 768034
· village code 380166
Population 2011
1,567
Census of India
Population 2020
1,570
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+0.2%
3 people · 0.0% a year
Households
545
+30.4% vs 418 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,567
Male / female
793 / 774
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
976
Children aged 0–6
155
Literacy rate
74.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
359 / 374
Working population
936
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.0%
Households
418
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Separately located
The village primary school
These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission
Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.
Students
216
Teachers
13
Students per teacher
17
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
300
Non-farm households
245
Share of households farming, 2020
55%
Net sown area
498 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
498 / 56 / 25
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Birjam panchayat, Sohella zila parishad.
These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat
holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village
spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.
Opening balance
₹22.86 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.32 lakh
Received directly
₹62,577
Spent
₹11.48 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹28.32 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹9.71 lakh · received ₹6.53 lakh · spent ₹6.68 lakh · left ₹10.18 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹13.15 lakh · received ₹9.79 lakh · spent ₹4.80 lakh · left ₹18.13 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.3088, 83.3806 —
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