Bela
Paliganj block · Patna
district, Bihar · PIN 801110
· village code 245793
Population 2011
2,743
Census of India
Population 2020
4,000
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+45.8%
1,257 people · 4.3% a year
Households
500
+19.1% vs 420 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
2,743
Male / female
1,372 / 1,371
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
999
Children aged 0–6
487
Literacy rate
49.8%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
420 / 0
Working population
1,087
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
92.9%
Households
420
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road nearest 1 km away
No
Public transport
Auto
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 5 km away
No
Primary health centre
PHC
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
200
Teachers
5
Students per teacher
40
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
400
Non-farm households
80
Share of households farming, 2020
83%
Net sown area
380 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
380 / 380 / 50
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Chiksi panchayat, Paliganj 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
₹44.32 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹0
Received directly
₹16.80 lakh
Spent
₹30.16 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹30.96 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹26.05 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹2.66 lakh · left ₹30.48 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹18.27 lakh · received ₹0 · spent ₹27.50 lakh · left ₹47,659
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
25.2613, 84.8731 —
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How this village compares
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School
staffing across Patna ·
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