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Bihar urges Centre to raise paddy procurement target to 50 lakh MT
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Belahi is a village in Manigachhi mandal, Darbhanga district, Bihar, with a population of 1,793 across 384 households. The village has a literacy rate of 49.2% and is located at 25.717°N, 86.400°E.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
BIJALEE PASWAN
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- LGD code
- 227131
- Pincode
- 847422
- Post office
- Manigachi
- Population
- 1,793
- Households
- 384
- Literacy rate
- 49.2%
- Sex ratio
- 1017 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 428
- Distance to district centre
- 32 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 56 km
- Distance to Patna
- 127 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 402 km
- Nearest railway station
- Bithan · 12 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL BITHAN · 11 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Belahi compares
By population, Belahi ranks #31 of 48 villages in Manigachhi mandal.
Literacy rate
%
49.2%
+1.8% vs mandal average
Belahi49.2%
Manigachhi mandal47.4%
Darbhanga district46.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,017
+92 vs mandal average
Belahi1,017
Manigachhi mandal925
Household size
people per home
4.7
−0.2 vs mandal average
Belahi4.7
Manigachhi mandal4.9
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Belahi at a glance
Belahi is a village of 1,793 people in 384 households (Census 2011) in Manigachhi block, Darbhanga district, Bihar, the 31st-largest of 48 villages in Manigachhi block. Literacy is 49%, 2 points above the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 1,017 women per 1,000 men. It lies 32 km from the Darbhanga district centre, 8 km from Alauli, the nearest town, 12 km from Bithan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 847422, served by Manigachi post office; the LGD village code is 227131. The nearest hospital or health centre is GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL BITHAN, 11 km away. The sarpanch is BIJALEE PASWAN, and the village votes in Hayaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Prasad. The population is estimated at 2,114 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Belahi
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 15
- Power hours (winter)
- 15
- 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
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- No
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- DARBHANGA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 33
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 33
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 8
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Jatuka Paktola
- Total area (ha)
- 34
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 12.5
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Belahi
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Belahi
- LGD code
- 227131
- Pincode
- 847422
- Post office
- Manigachi
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,793
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,114
- Households
- 384
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 1017
- Literacy rate
- 49.2%
- Coordinates
- 25.71670°N, 86.40000°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Samastipur
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Hayaghat
- Member of Parliament
- Shambhavi Choudhary
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ram Chandra Prasad
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- BIJALEE PASWAN
- Block / Mandal
- Manigachhi
Getting there
How to reach Belahi
Distance to cities · straight line
- Patna127 kmcapital
- Kolkata402 km
- Delhi964 km
- Hyderabad1235 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationBithan12 km
- Hospital / PHCGOVERNMENT HOSPITAL BITHAN11 km
- ATM / bankgramin bank39 km
- Petrol pumpLPG gas station39 km
- CollegeKDS colleage41 km
- Police stationPolish station42 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-09-23
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
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