Bela
Krityanand Nagar block · Purnia
district, Bihar · PIN 854301
· village code 223456
Population 2011
3,022
Census of India
Population 2020
3,903
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+29.1%
881 people · 2.9% a year
Households
745
+17.3% vs 635 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,022
Male / female
1,582 / 1,440
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
910
Children aged 0–6
631
Literacy rate
49.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
567 / 0
Working population
1,016
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
89.2%
Households
635
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 1 km away
No
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
only one habitation is covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Bus
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 2 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
405
Teachers
4
Students per teacher
101
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
No
Farming
Farm households
445
Non-farm households
300
Share of households farming, 2020
60%
Net sown area
102 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
102 / 50 / 45
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bela Rikabganj panchayat, Krityanand Nagar 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
₹54.23 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.79 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹44.52 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.51 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹30.65 lakh · received ₹8.28 lakh · spent ₹12.73 lakh · left ₹26.21 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹23.58 lakh · received ₹12.51 lakh · spent ₹31.79 lakh · left ₹4.30 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7838, 87.3445 —
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