Bilaspur, Ganjam
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Bilaspur is a small village located in the
Khalikote Khallikote is a town and a Notified Area Council in Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha. Geography Khallikote is located at . It has an average elevation of . Demographics India census, Khalikote had a population of 10,959. Males c ...
block of Ganjam District, India. It comes under Khalikote legislative assembly and Aska
Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...
seat. It was started as a ''Brahmana Sashana'' (a village inhibited by
Brahmin Brahmin (; sa, ब्राह्मण, brāhmaṇa) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. The Brahmins are designated as the priestly class as they serve as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and religious teachers (guru ...
s) 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.


Places of worship

There are four temples in the village, named as "Loknath Temple", "Laxmi Narayan temple", kanoka durga and "Thakurani Temple".


Education

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.


References

Villages in Ganjam district {{Ganjam-geo-stub