Bental
Bhadrak block · Bhadrak
district, Odisha · PIN 756128
· village code 394809
Population 2011
1,455
Census of India
Population 2020
2,100
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+44.3%
645 people · 4.2% a year
Households
335
+9.5% vs 306 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,455
Male / female
755 / 700
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
927
Children aged 0–6
127
Literacy rate
77.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
42 / 30
Working population
469
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
68.2%
Households
306
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road nearest 2 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
No CSC
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
208
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
35
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
315
Non-farm households
4
Share of households farming, 2020
99%
Net sown area
100 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
100 / 0 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bental panchayat, Bhadrak 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
₹70.98 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹25.02 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹18.09 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹77.92 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.22 lakh · received ₹10.01 lakh · spent ₹11.49 lakh · left ₹20.75 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹48.76 lakh · received ₹15.01 lakh · spent ₹6.60 lakh · left ₹57.17 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.0631, 86.5002 —
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