Bhelwa
Salkhua block · Saharsa
district, Bihar · PIN 852127
· village code 226669
Population 2011
2,235
Census of India
Population 2020
2,665
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+19.2%
430 people · 2.0% a year
Households
603
+27.5% vs 473 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,235
Male / female
1,155 / 1,080
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
935
Children aged 0–6
572
Literacy rate
28.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,145 / 1
Working population
719
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
98.3%
Households
473
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
<50% habitation covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre nearest 5 km away
No
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
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
400
Teachers
15
Students per teacher
27
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
483
Non-farm households
120
Share of households farming, 2020
80%
Net sown area
315 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
315 / 280 / 15
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Gordah panchayat, Salkhua 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
₹53.77 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹20.90 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹55.92 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹18.76 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹11.92 lakh · received ₹8.33 lakh · spent ₹12.86 lakh · left ₹7.40 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹41.85 lakh · received ₹12.58 lakh · spent ₹43.07 lakh · left ₹11.36 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.7117, 86.5916 —
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