Bela observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Bihar.
Temples near Bela
Named places of worship on record
The principal temple recorded for Nabinagar mandal is Jagdamba Asthan. No temple of this dedication is on record within Bela itself.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 Septembertoday | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
Bela is a village in Nabinagar mandal, Aurangabad district, Bihar. It has a population of 877 distributed across 137 households, with a literacy rate of 73.2%.
By population, Bela ranks #121 of 335 villages in Nabinagar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bela is a village of 877 people in 137 households (Census 2011) in Nabinagar block, Aurangabad district, Bihar, the 121st-largest of 335 villages in Nabinagar block. Literacy is 73%, 20 points above the block average of 54% and the sex ratio is 936 women per 1,000 men. It lies 176 km from the Aurangabad district centre, 0 km from Bela, the nearest town, 2 km from Dharminiya railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 824303, served by Nabinagar Road post office; the LGD village code is 253782. The nearest hospital or health centre is SR HOSPITAL, 5 km away. The sarpanch is Sharmila Gautam, and the village votes in Raghopur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Tejashwi Yadav. The population is estimated at 1,034 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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