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Mapped via ECI-published constituency boundary (mandal centroid containment, Datameet)
Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
SB
Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
SANJUKTA BEHERA
Contact: 99****7463
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- LGD code
- 380565
- Pincode
- 768104
- Post office
- Bheden
- Population
- 3,138
- Households
- 807
- Literacy rate
- 69.6%
- Sex ratio
- 937 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 1,278
- Distance to district centre
- 30 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 11 km
- Distance to Bhubaneswar
- 241 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 509 km
- Nearest railway station
- Barpali · 11 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Ayurvedic Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Resham compares
By population, Resham ranks #8 of 98 villages in Bheden mandal.
Literacy rate
%
69.6%
+0.4% vs mandal average
- Resham
- 69.6%
- Bheden mandal
- 69.2%
- Bargarh district
- 66.4%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
937
−21 vs mandal average
- Resham
- 937
- Bheden mandal
- 958
Household size
people per home
3.9
−0.1 vs mandal average
- Resham
- 3.9
- Bheden mandal
- 4.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Resham at a glance
Resham is a village of 3,138 people in 807 households (Census 2011) in Bheden block, Bargarh district, Odisha, the 8th-largest of 98 villages in Bheden block. Literacy is 70%, about the same as the block average of 69% and the sex ratio is 937 women per 1,000 men. It lies 30 km from the Bargarh district centre, 21 km from Tora, the nearest town, 11 km from Barpali railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 768104, served by Bheden post office; the LGD village code is 380565. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Ayurvedic Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is SANJUKTA BEHERA, and the village votes in Birmaharajpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Raghunath Jagadala. The population is estimated at 3,700 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Resham →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resham · this village | 3,138 | 70% | — |
| Singhenpali · Bheden | 1,126 | 65% | 1.6 km W |
| Areigudi · Bheden | 1,444 | 73% | 2.8 km NE |
| Ichhapadar · Bheden | 528 | 60% | 3 km NE |
| Baseikela · Bheden | 754 | 66% | 3.6 km NE |
| Guduramunda · Bheden | 521 | 68% | 3.9 km E |
| Manapali · Jamankira | 881 | 66% | 4.8 km NE |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Resham
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 12
- Power hours (winter)
- 12
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 1
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- BARGARH
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Resham
- Total area (ha)
- 760
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 579.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 20.64
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Resham
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Resham
- LGD code
- 380565
- Pincode
- 768104
- Post office
- Bheden
- Population (Census 2011)
- 3,138
- Population (projected 2026)
- 3,700
- Households
- 807
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 937
- Literacy rate
- 69.6%
- Coordinates
- 21.13622°N, 83.68460°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bolangir
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Birmaharajpur
- Member of Parliament
- Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Raghunath Jagadala
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- SANJUKTA BEHERA
- Block / Mandal
- Bheden
Getting there
How to reach Resham
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhubaneswar241 kmcapital
- Kolkata509 km
- Hyderabad687 km
- Chennai966 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBarpali11 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Ayurvedic Hospital4 km
- CollegeWomen's Jr College Play Ground48 km
- Police stationPolice Station49 km
Nearest to the village
- Health centre
- Government Ayurvedic Hospital3.8 km
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View all 60+ →Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-13
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)