Bhishmagiri
Digapahandi block · Ganjam
district, Odisha · PIN 761055
· village code 412729
Population 2011
6,914
Census of India
Population 2020
7,729
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+11.8%
815 people · 1.2% a year
Households
1,768
+19.5% vs 1,479 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
6,914
Male / female
3,544 / 3,370
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
951
Children aged 0–6
837
Literacy rate
55.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,076 / 25
Working population
3,082
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
56.2%
Households
1,479
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
4-8 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
PHC
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
346
Teachers
14
Students per teacher
25
Electricity
No
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
No
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,668
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
94%
Net sown area
974 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
974 / 405 / 541
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bhismagitri panchayat, Digapahandi 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
₹23.75 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.67 lakh
Received directly
₹49,890
Spent
₹10.09 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹34.83 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹5.75 lakh · received ₹8.27 lakh · spent ₹3.16 lakh · left ₹11.35 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.00 lakh · received ₹12.40 lakh · spent ₹6.93 lakh · left ₹23.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
19.3874, 84.4270 —
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