Bela
Balarampur block · Purulia
district, West Bengal · PIN 723143
· village code 331723
Population 2011
3,436
Census of India
Population 2020
3,664
Mission Antyodaya survey
Change
+6.6%
228 people · 0.7% a year
Households
738
+4.4% vs 707 in 2011
Census 2011
Total population
3,436
Male / female
1,806 / 1,630
Sex ratio females per 1,000 males
903
Children aged 0–6
535
Literacy rate
47.9%
Scheduled Caste / Scheduled Tribe
275 / 854
Working population
1,470
Of workers, in agriculture cultivators and farm labour
54.0%
Households
707
Village facilities, 2020
Primary school
Yes
Middle school
Yes
High school nearest 5 km away
No
Piped tap water nearest 10 km away
No
All-weather road
Yes
Public transport nearest 2 km away
No
Electricity
>12 hrs
Bank nearest 2 km away
No
Primary health centre
Sub Centre
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
230
Teachers
8
Students per teacher
29
Electricity
Yes
Toilets
None
Computer lab
No
Playground
No
Drinking water
Yes
Mid-day meal
Yes
Farming
Farm households
650
Non-farm households
88
Share of households farming, 2020
88%
Net sown area
300 ha
Kharif / rabi / other hidden inside one column
300 / 100 / 89
Main irrigation source
Surface water
Gram panchayat finances, 2024–25
XV Finance Commission grant for
Bela panchayat, Balarampur 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
₹72.49 lakh
Received from state (auto-transfer)
₹75.15 lakh
Received directly
₹90,877
Spent
₹63.02 lakh
Unspent at year end
₹85.53 lakh
Untied (basic grant)
opened ₹19.10 lakh · received ₹30.88 lakh · spent ₹28.87 lakh · left ₹21.61 lakh
Tied (earmarked)
opened ₹53.39 lakh · received ₹44.27 lakh · spent ₹34.15 lakh · left ₹63.93 lakh
Source: eGramSwaraj, as reported by the panchayat. Untied and tied
together make up the totals above.
Location
23.2526, 86.4832 —
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