Bam
Kankada Had block · Dhenkanal
district, Odisha · PIN 759021
· village code 402198
Population 2011
2,185
Census of India
Population 2020
2,508
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+14.8%
323 people · 1.5% a year
Households
605
+24.2% vs 487 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,185
Male / female
1,099 / 1,086
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
988
Children aged 0–6
369
Literacy rate
56.0%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
95 / 928
Working population
1,186
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
81.3%
Households
487
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 5 km away
No
Public transport nearest 5 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 10 km away
No
Anganwadi nearest 10 km away
No
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
5
Teachers
18
Students per teacher
0
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
185
Non-farm households
255
Share of households farming, 2020
42%
Net sown area
352 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
145 / 255 / 352
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bam panchayat, Kankada Had 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
₹29.56 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹19.05 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹31.19 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹12.92 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹7.64 lakh · left ₹13.54 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹16.65 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹11.40 lakh · left ₹17.64 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.0631, 85.5734 —
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