Bela
Madhepur block · Madhubani
district, Bihar · PIN 847408
· village code 220917
Population 2011
1,137
Census of India
Population 2020
1,155
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.6%
18 people · 0.2% a year
Households
256
+0.8% vs 254 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
1,137
Male / female
590 / 547
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
927
Children aged 0–6
187
Literacy rate
32.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
64 / 0
Working population
423
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
99.8%
Households
254
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 2 km away
No
High school nearest 2 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 2 km away
No
All-weather road
No
Public transport nearest 1 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
Yes
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
63
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
11
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
Yes
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
156
Non-farm households
100
Share of households farming, 2020
61%
Net sown area
40 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
40 / 25 / 8
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Darah panchayat, Madhepur 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
₹76.87 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.12 lakh
Received directly
₹15.60 lakh
Spent
₹81.65 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹26.94 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹34.51 lakh · received ₹6.42 lakh · spent ₹41.47 lakh · left ₹5.71 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹42.36 lakh · received ₹9.70 lakh · spent ₹40.18 lakh · left ₹21.24 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.1982, 86.3679 —
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