Bele
Khargram block · Murshidabad
district, West Bengal · PIN 742138
· village code 315208
Population 2011
3,040
Census of India
Population 2020
3,691
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+21.4%
651 people · 2.2% a year
Households
635
-10.3% vs 708 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,040
Male / female
1,594 / 1,446
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
907
Children aged 0–6
390
Literacy rate
60.6%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
698 / 0
Working population
963
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
63.1%
Households
708
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school nearest 5 km away
No
High school
Yes
Piped tap water
50 to 100% habitations covered
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport
Van
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
62
Teachers
3
Students per teacher
21
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
Both
Computer lab
No
Playground
Yes
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
318
Non-farm households
317
Share of households farming, 2020
50%
Net sown area
120 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
120 / 120 / 70
Main irrigation source
Ground water (tube well/well/pump)
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Balia panchayat, Khargram 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
₹66.89 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹61.99 lakh
Received directly
—
Spent
₹81.17 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹47.71 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹23.18 lakh · received ₹25.48 lakh · spent ₹29.86 lakh · left ₹18.80 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹43.71 lakh · received ₹36.52 lakh · spent ₹51.31 lakh · left ₹28.91 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.9820, 88.2489 —
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