Bilaspur | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | India Orissa |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Orissa, India |
Coordinates: | 19.5229°N 84.9442°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | India |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Odisha |
Subdivision Type2: | District |
Subdivision Name2: | Ganjam |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Elevation M: | 54 |
Population Total: | 300 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Demographics Type1: | Languages |
Demographics1 Title1: | Official |
Demographics1 Info1: | Oriya |
Timezone1: | IST |
Utc Offset1: | +5:30 |
Postal Code Type: | PIN |
Postal Code: | 761019 |
Area Code Type: | Telephone code |
Area Code: | 06811 |
Bilaspur is a small village located in the Khalikote block of Ganjam District, India. It comes under Khalikote legislative assembly and Aska Lok Sabha seat. It was started as a Brahmana Sashana (a village inhibited by Brahmins) on a land donated by the then King of Khalikote.There are around 60 houses in the village, and the population is around 300. The primary occupation of the populace is predominantly agriculture, in addition to many of the villagers practice priesthood and karma kanda (Hindu rituals). The Kharakhari River flows to the north of the village, and provides irrigation for the village. It's not a perennial river.
There are four temples in the village, named as "Loknath Temple", "Laxmi Narayan temple", kanoka durga and "Thakurani Temple".
There is a primary school that teaches from class-I and class-V. Kids to Pratapur or Bedha Nilanakhyapur for further education.in pratapur there is a high school tumbanath bidya pitha is a very good educational environment and the teachers educate their students well in this school for classes 6th to 10th.