Bela is a small village in Punpun mandal, Patna district, Bihar, with 606 residents in 111 households. The literacy rate is 67.2%, situated at coordinates 26.843°N, 84.765°E.
By population, Bela ranks #59 of 86 villages in Punpun mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bela is a village of 606 people in 111 households (Census 2011) in Punpun block, Patna district, Bihar, the 59th-largest of 86 villages in Punpun block. Literacy is 67%, 18 points above the block average of 49% and the sex ratio is 942 women per 1,000 men. It lies 181 km from the Patna district centre, 0 km from Bela, the nearest town, 2 km from Dharminiya railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 804453, served by Punpun post office; the LGD village code is 246128. The nearest hospital or health centre is SR HOSPITAL, 5 km away. The village votes in Hayaghat assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ram Chandra Prasad. The population is estimated at 714 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Barah →
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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