Bahanaga

Overview

Bahanaga block consists of 21 grampanchayats. The block office itself resides in Bahanaga.

Geography

Bahanaga village is situated near National Highway 16 (NH-16), making it a commercial hub. A part of the block is on the sea shore of the Bay of Bengal, 10–12 km (East) away from the block headquarters. The climate is temperate.

Demographics and culture

As of 2011 census, there is a total of 151 houses, with a population of 593, of which there are 310 males and 283 females. Children of the age range, 0-6, are 81 (41 males and 40 females). There are 85 schedule caste and 164 scheduled tribes in this village. Literacy in this locality is 66.41% and improving.

Most of the population depend on cultivation and local business. But due to the growing literacy rate, the number of government and private official servants is growing rapidly.

Most of the population of this block are Hindu, with a good number of Islam and Christianity followers also. There are a number of temples, mosques, churches and Gurdwaras in the Bahanaga block. The major festivals observed by the inhabits of this block are Holi, Jagannath Rath Yatra, Shiv Ratri, Raksha Bandhan, Id-ul-Fitr, Mohammad Jayanti, Christmas etc.

Rice is the most common crop in the region.

Economy

Most of the people of Bahanaga block are of the lower middle class, economically. Most of them depend upon cultivation and government/private services. The local business hubs are Bahanaga, Gopalpur and Khantapara. These three market places provide their customers with almost all of their commodities. But till date, the government is on its way trying to decrease the number of BPLs (Below Poverty Lines) in this block.

Communication and transportation

The block headquarters, Bahanaga, is well connected with its nearest cities, Soro and Balasore by both road and railways. The Bahanaga Bazar Railway Station serves almost a thousanmd people daily. Some local trains halt here. The nearest big railway stations are Soro and Balasore. By the national highway 16, Bahanaga is almost connected with the rest of Odisha. The other major big places, Gopalpur and Khantapara are also connected with other places either via the roadways or railways.

There are certain post offices and banks in this block. There are post offices branches of the Indian Postal Department at Bahanaga, Gopalpur and Khantapara. The PIN of the block headquarters is 756042. Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited provides telecommunications and Internet for the area, although there are several other mobile internet service providers. Almost all of the population use mobile phones.

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