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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Bhelaganj is a very small village in Kadwa mandal, Katihar district, Bihar with a population of 67 across 12 households. The literacy rate is 3%, and the village is situated at coordinates 25.708°N, 87.869°E.
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- LGD code
- 224479
- Pincode
- 855105
- Post office
- Durgaganj
- Population
- 67
- Households
- 12
- Literacy rate
- 3%
- Sex ratio
- 489 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 16
- Distance to district centre
- 86 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 43 km
- Distance to Patna
- 274 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 352 km
- Nearest railway station
- Sudhani · 2 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital, Salmari · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Bhelaganj compares
By population, Bhelaganj ranks #217 of 264 villages in Kadwa mandal.
Literacy rate
%
3.0%
−37.3% vs mandal average
- Bhelaganj
- 3.0%
- Kadwa mandal
- 40.3%
- Katihar district
- 41.7%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
489
−433 vs mandal average
- Bhelaganj
- 489
- Kadwa mandal
- 922
Household size
people per home
5.6
+0.8 vs mandal average
- Bhelaganj
- 5.6
- Kadwa mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bhelaganj at a glance
Bhelaganj is a village of 67 people in 12 households (Census 2011) in Kadwa block, Katihar district, Bihar, the 217th-largest of 264 villages in Kadwa block. Literacy is 3%, 37 points below the block average of 40% and the sex ratio is 489 women per 1,000 men. It lies 86 km from the Katihar district centre, 2 km from Basatpur, the nearest town, 2 km from Sudhani railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 855105, served by Durgaganj post office; the LGD village code is 224479. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Salmari, 11 km away. The village votes in Purnia assembly constituency, represented by MLA Vijay Kumar Khemka. The population is estimated at 79 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Bhelaganj
- 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
- 0
- Middle school
- 0
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- 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
- No
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- KATIHAR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 70
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 70
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 26
- All-weather road
- No
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- MADHAYPUR
- Total area (ha)
- 31
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 20
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Bhelaganj
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Bhelaganj
- LGD code
- 224479
- Pincode
- 855105
- Post office
- Durgaganj
- Population (Census 2011)
- 67
- Population (projected 2026)
- 79
- Households
- 12
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 489
- Literacy rate
- 3.0%
- Coordinates
- 25.70767°N, 87.86861°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Purnia
- Member of Parliament
- Pappu Yadav
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Vijay Kumar Khemka
- Block / Mandal
- Kadwa
Getting there
How to reach Bhelaganj
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna274 kmcapital
- Kolkata352 km
- Delhi1102 km
- Hyderabad1340 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationSudhani2 km
- Bus stopBotolbari15 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Salmari11 km
- ATM / banksbi28 km
- Petrol pumpReliance15 km
- CollegeD S College34 km
- Police stationPolice station35 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)