Bela is a village in Fatehpur mandal, Gaya district, Bihar with a population of 669 across 91 households. The literacy rate of 28.8% is below the district average, and the village is located at 26.843°N, 84.765°E.
By population, Bela ranks #114 of 174 villages in Fatehpur mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bela is a village of 669 people in 91 households (Census 2011) in Fatehpur block, Gaya district, Bihar, the 114th-largest of 174 villages in Fatehpur block. Literacy is 29%, 18 points below the block average of 47% and the sex ratio is 979 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 824232, served by Fatehpur (Gaya) post office; the LGD village code is 256969. The nearest hospital or health centre is SR HOSPITAL, 5 km away. The village votes in Bibhutipur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ajay Kumar. The population is estimated at 789 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Lodhwe North →
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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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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