Vaishali (community development block)

Vaishali is a community development block in Vaishali district of Bihar, India.^[3][1] It is also called Vaishali C. D. Block, as per the census nomenclature.^[4]

Vaishali वैशाली
Community Development Block
Vaishali Location in Bihar, India
Coordinates: 25.989473°N 85.130298°E / 25.989473; 85.130298
Country	India
State	Bihar
District	vaishali
District Sub-division	Hajipur[1]
Anchal	Vaishali[1]
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Vaishali[2]
Government
• Type	Community development block
Population  (2001)
• Total	146,364[1]
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
ISO 3166 code	IN-BR

Block office

Major roads

SH-74^[5]

Villages

• Number of Panchayat : 16
• Number of Villages : 112^[1]

Panchayat

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Villages

• Main article: List of villages in Vaishali block

Population and communities

• Male Population : 75140 (2009 ist.)
• Female Population : 71224
• Total Population : 146364
• SC Total Population : 26256
• ST Total Population : 461
• Minority Total Population : 19830
• Population Density : 1154
• Sex Ratio : 948

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Public distribution system

• Nos of HHs : 22629
• BPL Card Holders : 21710
• Antodaya Card Holders : 4190
• Annapurna Card Holders : 394
• APL : 18932
• Nos of Fair Price Shops: 72^[1]

Education

• Literacy rate : 49.4% (2001 ist.)
• Male literacy rate : 61.7%
• Female literacy rate : 36.3%

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School

• Primary School : 78 (2009 ist.)
• Upper Primary School : 61

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Banking

• Number of banks : 5

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