# Bhelwa Band Village, Bhawanipur, Purnia (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Bhawanipur, Purnia 

# Bhelwa Band

Bhelwa Band is a village in Bhawanipur sub-district of Purnia district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **87 people in 19 households**, the 64th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 47.7%.

- 87people (2011)
- 19households
- 66.7%literacy
- 1,175females per 1,000 males

## Bhelwa Band PIN code and other codes

Bhelwa Band falls in Bhawanipur sub-district, Purnia district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatSondip Milik
- Community development blockBhawanipur
- Census village code223191

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

## How far is Bhelwa Band from nearby towns?

- Bhawanipur (sub-district HQ)8 km by road
- Purnia (district HQ)53 km by road
- Purnia (nearest town)53 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 Bhelwa Band?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Bhelwa Band; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Primary schoolunder 5 km · Bhansar
- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Bhawanipur
- ○Degree college5–10 km · Madhavnagar
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Purnia
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tube wells / boreholes

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 Bhelwa Band known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 88% of the 11 hectares of village land is sown, and 8 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 Bhelwa Band

Of every 100 households in Bhelwa Band in 2011, 5 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bhelwa Band · ■ Bhawanipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**2%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****100%**

**50%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****80%**

**26%

Television ****10%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Bhelwa Band?

■ Bhelwa Band · ■ Bhawanipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**47.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1175**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**967

Working population ****63.2%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 48.6% for women. 68% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (44%) · **■** Other work 2 (4%) · **■** Marginal 25 (45%)

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 Bhawanipur

- Kodai Patti151 people
- Birnia Milik135 people
- Mahathua133 people
- Mahanth Dina Ram Das115 people
- Dumra Mahabal51 people
- Bhelwa Milik35 people

[All 88 villages in Bhawanipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/purnia/bhawanipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bhelwa Band from Purnia?53 km by road
- What is the population of Bhelwa Band?87 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bhelwa Band in?Purnia district (Bhawanipur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Bhelwa Band?66.7% (Census 2011)