Bela
Narpatganj block · Araria
district, Bihar · PIN 854336
· village code 221488
Population 2011
7,481
Census of India
Population 2020
10,501
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+40.4%
3,020 people · 3.8% a year
Households
1,875
+33.4% vs 1,406 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
7,481
Male / female
3,903 / 3,578
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
917
Children aged 0–6
1,570
Literacy rate
47.7%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,105 / 531
Working population
2,876
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
91.7%
Households
1,406
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
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
248
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
50
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,550
Non-farm households
325
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
825 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
825 / 750 / 18
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bela panchayat, Narpatganj 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
₹23.18 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹13.48 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹23.84 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹12.81 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹16.97 lakh · received ₹5.37 lakh · spent ₹11.39 lakh · left ₹10.94 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹6.21 lakh · received ₹8.11 lakh · spent ₹12.45 lakh · left ₹1.87 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
26.3063, 87.2523 —
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