Besalia
Palalahada block · Anugul
district, Odisha · PIN 759118
· village code 403646
Population 2011
580
Census of India
Population 2020
782
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+34.8%
202 people · 3.4% a year
Households
178
+7.9% vs 165 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
580
Male / female
301 / 279
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
927
Children aged 0–6
67
Literacy rate
66.5%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
114 / 86
Working population
352
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
76.1%
Households
165
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank nearest 10 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
38
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
8
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
130
Non-farm households
12
Share of households farming, 2020
92%
Net sown area
110 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
110 / 2 / 0
Main irrigation source
Other
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Sankhamur panchayat, Palalahada 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
₹37.61 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹25.02 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹16.35 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹46.29 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹22.41 lakh · received ₹10.01 lakh · spent ₹5.14 lakh · left ₹27.27 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹15.21 lakh · received ₹15.01 lakh · spent ₹11.21 lakh · left ₹19.01 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
21.2716, 85.1984 —
view on OpenStreetMap
Nearby villages
Belataila
compare · Belpunji
compare · Benagadia
compare · Benipathar
compare · Betar
compare · Bethia bhuin
compare · Bethianali
compare · Bhadramunda
compare
How this village compares
Biggest
population changes in Anugul district ·
School
staffing across Anugul ·
…and across Odisha