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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bela is a small village in Imamganj mandal, Gaya district, Bihar, with a population of 121 across 22 households and a notably high literacy rate of 78.5%.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Ganesh paswan
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- LGD code
- 256033
- Pincode
- 824206
- Post office
- Imamganj
- Population
- 121
- Households
- 22
- Literacy rate
- 78.5%
- Sex ratio
- 984 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 27
- Distance to district centre
- 184 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 122 km
- Distance to Patna
- 144 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 598 km
- Nearest railway station
- Dharminiya · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- SR HOSPITAL · 5 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bela compares
By population, Bela ranks #168 of 196 villages in Imamganj mandal.
Literacy rate
%
78.5%
+29.7% vs mandal average
- Bela
- 78.5%
- Imamganj mandal
- 48.8%
- Gaya district
- 52.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
984
+39 vs mandal average
- Bela
- 984
- Imamganj mandal
- 945
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.5 vs mandal average
- Bela
- 5.5
- Imamganj mandal
- 6.0
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bela at a glance
Bela is a village of 121 people in 22 households (Census 2011) in Imamganj block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 168th-largest of 196 villages in Imamganj block. Literacy is 79%, 30 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 984 women per 1,000 men. It lies 184 km from the Gaya district centre, 0 km from Bela, the nearest town, 2 km from Dharminiya railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824206, served by Imamganj post office; the LGD village code is 256033. The nearest hospital or health centre is SR HOSPITAL, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Ganesh paswan, and the village votes in Mahua assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sanjay Kumar Singh. The population is estimated at 143 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bela
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- No
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SHERGHATI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 36
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 83
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 13
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Jhikatiya kalan
- Total area (ha)
- 25
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 8
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bela
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bela
- LGD code
- 256033
- Pincode
- 824206
- Post office
- Imamganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 121
- Population (projected 2026)
- 143
- Households
- 22
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 984
- Literacy rate
- 78.5%
- Coordinates
- 26.84323°N, 84.76504°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Hajipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Mahua
- Member of Parliament
- Chirag Paswan
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Sanjay Kumar Singh
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Ganesh paswan
- Block / Mandal
- Imamganj
- Nearest bank
- Uttar Buhar Gramin Bank (120.3 km)
Getting there
How to reach Bela
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna144 kmcapital
- Kolkata598 km
- Delhi769 km
- Hyderabad1234 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationDharminiya2 km
- Hospital / PHCSR HOSPITAL5 km
- ATM / bankcentral bank of india dhanhar dihuli branch4 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil10 km
- CollegeMahatma Gandhi Central University29 km
- Police stationPolice checkpost4 km
Places of worship · within 5 km
Temples & shrines near Bela
1 Mosque, 4 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-22
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)