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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Vigan Ray
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- LGD code
- 233000
- Pincode
- 841424
- Post office
- Taraiya
- Population
- 2,024
- Households
- 273
- Literacy rate
- 52.7%
- Sex ratio
- 1038 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 760
Census 2011 · in context
How Belahri compares
By population, Belahri ranks #31 of 86 villages in Taraiya mandal.
Literacy rate
%
52.7%
+1.6% vs mandal average
- Belahri
- 52.7%
- Taraiya mandal
- 51.1%
- Saran district
- 54.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,038
+63 vs mandal average
- Belahri
- 1,038
- Taraiya mandal
- 975
Household size
people per home
7.4
+1.5 vs mandal average
- Belahri
- 7.4
- Taraiya mandal
- 5.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Belahri at a glance
Belahri is a village of 2,024 people in 273 households (Census 2011) in Taraiya block, Saran district, Bihar, the 31st-largest of 86 villages in Taraiya block. Literacy is 53%, 2 points above the block average of 51% and the sex ratio is 1,038 women per 1,000 men. The pincode is 841424, served by Taraiya post office; the LGD village code is 233000. The sarpanch is Vigan Ray, and the village votes in Amnour assembly constituency, represented by MLA Krishan Kumar Mantoo. The population is estimated at 2,386 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Bhagwatpur →
Nearby villages compared
Compare side by side →| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belahri · this village | 2,024 | 53% | — |
| Bhagwatpur · Taraiya | 3,920 | 57% | — |
| Faridpur · Taraiya | 2,766 | 56% | — |
| Newari · Taraiya | 2,620 | 54% | — |
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Belahri
- 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
- 1
- 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
- Yes
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- MARHAURA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 10
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 30
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 4
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Bhagwatpur
- Total area (ha)
- 153
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 43.48
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Belahri
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Belahri
- LGD code
- 233000
- Pincode
- 841424
- Post office
- Taraiya
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,024
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,386
- Households
- 273
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1038
- Literacy rate
- 52.7%
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Saran
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Amnour
- Member of Parliament
- Rajiv Pratap Rudy
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Krishan Kumar Mantoo
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Vigan Ray
- Block / Mandal
- Taraiya
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Other villages in Taraiya mandal
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- Sarea Ratnagar
- Galimapur
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- Nandanpur
- Pachaurar
- Chanchalia
- Rasidpur
- Laua
- Shankardih
- Bhataura
- Shahnewazpur
- Faridpur
- Madhopur
- Rajdhani
- Gaundri
- Sarea Basant
- Newari
- Usri
- Parrana
- Madhopur
- Sagrampur
- Baluabhikari
- Bagahi
- Dumri
- Rajwara
- Rampur Mahesh
- Tikampur
- Yakub Chak
- Khairati
Sources & freshness
- 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, 2026-09-23
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)