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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
PURANA MAJHI
Contact: 94****1107
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- LGD code
- 422999
- Pincode
- 766020
- Post office
- Biswanathpur
- Population
- 391
- Households
- 82
- Literacy rate
- 56%
- Sex ratio
- 862 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 137
Census 2011 · in context
How Bengaon compares
By population, Bengaon ranks #40 of 327 villages in Lanjigarh mandal.
Literacy rate
%
56.0%
+18.4% vs mandal average
Bengaon56.0%
Lanjigarh mandal37.6%
Kalahandi district50.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
862
−157 vs mandal average
Bengaon862
Lanjigarh mandal1,019
Household size
people per home
4.8
+0.6 vs mandal average
Bengaon4.8
Lanjigarh mandal4.2
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bengaon at a glance
Bengaon is a village of 391 people in 82 households (Census 2011) in Lanjigarh block, Kalahandi district, Odisha, the 40th-largest of 327 villages in Lanjigarh block. Literacy is 56%, 18 points above the block average of 38% and the sex ratio is 862 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 766020, served by Biswanathpur post office; the LGD village code is 422999. The sarpanch is PURANA MAJHI. The population is estimated at 461 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Benagaon →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bengaon · this village | 391 | 56% | — |
| Pengsur · Lanjigarh | 439 | 49% | — |
| Padmathopa · Lanjigarh | 411 | 14% | — |
| Pajibahal · Lanjigarh | 401 | 41% | — |
| Litibundel · Lanjigarh | 364 | 14% | — |
| Betapada · Lanjigarh | 256 | 47% | — |
| Ghodapokhari · Lanjigarh | 242 | 7% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bengaon
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- No
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- 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
- BHAWANIPATNA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 38
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 38
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 38
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Bengaon
- Total area (ha)
- 73
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 7.79
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bengaon
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bengaon
- LGD code
- 422999
- Pincode
- 766020
- Post office
- Biswanathpur
- Population (Census 2011)
- 391
- Population (projected 2026)
- 461
- Households
- 82
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 862
- Literacy rate
- 56.0%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Koraput
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Gunupur
- Member of Parliament
- Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- PURANA MAJHI
- Block / Mandal
- Lanjigarh
Same pincode
Villages sharing pincode 766020
- BishwanathapurBiswanathpur mandal2,647 pop
- GoipitaSadar mandal1,401 pop
- BandhapariLanjigarh mandal959 pop
- DumermundaBiswanathpur mandal814 pop
- ChampadeipurLanjigarh mandal736 pop
- ChandanpurLanjigarh mandal715 pop
- SitapurLanjigarh mandal660 pop
- LakhbahalLanjigarh mandal605 pop
- JodabandhaLanjigarh mandal601 pop
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Other villages in the same gram panchayat as Bengaon
Other villages in Lanjigarh mandal
View all 60+ →- Lanjigarh
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- Lanjigarh Road
- Harekrusnapur
- Chhatrapur
- Bandhapari
- Mangalabeda
- Kamarda
- Champadeipur
- Basantapada
- Maskapadar
- Chandanpur
- Talabara
- Sitapur
- Balabhadrapur
- Lakhbahal
- Jodabandha
- Mushanal
- Gopinathpur
- Titijhola
- Hariharapur
- Gopalpur
- Borpadar
- Kauguda
- Kumkhal
- Gobardhanpur
- Kalakupa
- Niali
- Bhataguda
- Punjam
- Thuangpadar
- Gandharabaru
- Pratappur
- Pengsur
- Patangpadar
- Malijubang
Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)