Bela is a village in Satar Kataiya mandal, Saharsa district, Bihar, with a population of 3,615 across 730 households. The village has a literacy rate of 30.3% and is located at coordinates 26.843°N, 84.765°E with postal code 852124.
By population, Bela ranks #20 of 38 villages in Satar Kataiya mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Bela is a village of 3,615 people in 730 households (Census 2011) in Satar Kataiya block, Saharsa district, Bihar, the 20th-largest of 38 villages in Satar Kataiya block. Literacy is 30%, 12 points below the block average of 42% and the sex ratio is 908 women per 1,000 men. It lies 202 km from the Saharsa district centre, 0 km from Bela, the nearest town, 2 km from Dharminiya railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 852124, served by Panchgachiya post office; the LGD village code is 226310. The nearest hospital or health centre is SR HOSPITAL, 5 km away. The sarpanch is KIRAN DEVI, and the village votes in Gaura Bauram assembly constituency, represented by MLA Sujit Kumar. The population is estimated at 4,262 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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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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