Bela

Sonbarsa block · Sitamarhi district, Bihar · PIN 843317 · village code 219085

Population 2011

5,121

Census of India

Population 2020

6,360

Mission Antyodaya survey

Change

+24.2%

1,239 people · 2.4% a year

Households

1,305

+21.1% vs 1,078 in 2011

Census 2011

Total population

5,121

Male / female

2,634 / 2,487

Sex ratio females per 1,000 males

944

Children aged 0–6

1,164

Literacy rate

36.7%

Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe

562 / 0

Working population

1,544

Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour

76.9%

Households

1,078

Village facilities, 2020

Primary school

Yes

Middle school

Yes

High school nearest 1 km away

Piped tap water

100% habitations covered

All-weather road

Yes

Public transport

Auto

Electricity

4-8 Hrs

Bank nearest 5 km away

Primary health centre

CHC

Anganwadi

Yes

Internet

Common service centre

No CSC

The village primary school

These figures sit inside a single merged column of the Mission Antyodaya file and are not published anywhere in readable form.

Students

316

Teachers

Students per teacher

Electricity

Yes

Toilets

Boys

Computer lab

Playground

Drinking water

Mid-day meal

Yes

Farming

Farm households

830

Non-farm households

356

Share of households farming, 2020

70%

Net sown area

300 ha

Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column

300 / 200 / 39

Main irrigation source

Ground water (tube well/well/pump)

Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25

XV Finance Commission grant for Ghurghura Hanumannagar panchayat, Sonbarsa zila parishad. These are the panchayat's own accounts, not this village's: where a panchayat holds several villages, the money covers all of them, and where a village spans several panchayats only this one's return appears.

Opening balance

₹37.38 lakh

Received from state (auto-transfer)

₹0

Received directly

—

Spent

₹28.91 lakh

Unspent at year end

₹8.46 lakh

Untied (basic grant)

opened ₹17.34 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹8.95 lakh · left ₹8.38 lakh

Tied (earmarked)

opened ₹20.04 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹19.96 lakh · left ₹7,962

Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied together make up the totals above.

Location

26.7828, 85.5648 — view on OpenStreetMap

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How this village compares

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