# Belsandi Village, Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran (Bihar)

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Village · Gaunaha, Pashchim Champaran 

# Belsandi

Belsandi is a village in Gaunaha sub-district of Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **2,356 people in 417 households**, the 21st largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.9%.

- 2,356people (2011)
- 417households
- 68.8%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Belsandi PIN code and other codes

Belsandi falls in Gaunaha sub-district, Pashchim Champaran district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatBelsandi
- Community development blockGaunaha
- Census village code216350

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Belsandi from nearby towns?

- Gaunaha (sub-district HQ)27 km by road
- Bettiah (district HQ)62 km by road
- Ramnagar (nearest town)16 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Belsandi?

13 services counted by the Census are inside Belsandi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Jamunia
- ○Degree college10+ km · Narkatiaganj
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Bettiah
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Belsandi known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 31% of the 271 hectares of village land is sown, and 59 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Belsandi

Of every 100 households in Belsandi in 2011, 0 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Belsandi · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**99%

Use banking services ****70%**

**38%

Television ****21%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Belsandi?

■ Belsandi · ■ Gaunaha rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**58.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**922

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**959

Working population ****48.7%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 50.8% for women. 50% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 303 (26%) · **■** Household industry 37 (3%) · **■** Other work 68 (6%) · **■** Marginal 668 (58%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Gaunaha

- Genharia2,607 people
- Amolwa2,606 people
- Majharia2,424 people
- Matiaria2,391 people
- Rupaulia2,352 people
- Domat2,215 people
- Bajra2,200 people
- Bairia2,087 people

[All 168 villages in Gaunaha](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/pashchim-champaran/gaunaha/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Belsandi from Bettiah?62 km by road
- What is the population of Belsandi?2,356 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belsandi in?Pashchim Champaran district (Gaunaha sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Belsandi?68.8% (Census 2011)