Belaw
Sheikhopur Sarai block · Sheikhpura
district, Bihar · PIN 811101
· village code 243895
Population 2011
8,305
Census of India
Population 2020
8,409
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+1.3%
104 people · 0.1% a year
Households
1,851
+28.3% vs 1,443 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
8,305
Male / female
4,420 / 3,885
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
879
Children aged 0–6
1,555
Literacy rate
49.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
1,596 / 16
Working population
3,292
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
82.0%
Households
1,443
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
8-12 Hrs
Bank
Yes
Primary health centre
CHC
Anganwadi
Yes
Internet
No
Common service centre
Colocated with Panchayat Bhawan
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
491
Teachers
6
Students per teacher
82
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
1,001
Non-farm households
850
Share of households farming, 2020
54%
Net sown area
600 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
600 / 585 / 15
Main irrigation source
Canals
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Belaw panchayat, Sheikhopur Sarai 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
₹41.08 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹16.02 lakh
Received directly
₹30,219
Spent
₹36.81 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹20.59 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹28.83 lakh · received ₹6.38 lakh · spent ₹16.10 lakh · left ₹19.12 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹12.25 lakh · received ₹9.63 lakh · spent ₹20.71 lakh · left ₹1.47 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.1387, 85.6979 —
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