was 75.8%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 8,266 and 828 respectively. Bettiah had 24463 households in 2011. As per 2011 census, the Bettiah Urban Agglomeration had a total population of 156,200, with 82,663 males and 73,537 females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 22,067 and the effective literacy (literacy of people above the age of 7) was 80.89. The urban agglomeration includes Bettiah (municipal corporation), Tola Mansaraut (census town), Kargahia Purab (census town) and Hat Saraiya (census town). On 26 December 2020, Bettiah became a municipal corporation. It included Tola San Saraiya, Banuchapar, Kargahiya east and nearby area for its upgradation. The total population 414,453 Education Schools Alok Bharati Shikshan Sansthan English Medium School, Bettiah Amna Urdu High School, Bettiah Assembly of God Church School, Bettiah Bipin High School, Bettiah Delhi Public School, Bettiah Jawahar Navoday Vidyalaya, Vrindavan, Bettiah Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bettiah Khrist Raja High School, Bettiah Kidzee Play School, Bettiah Krishna International Public School, Bettiah National Public Higher Secondary School, Bettiah Notre Dame Public School, Bettiah Raj Enter Secondary School, Bettiah R.L international School, Bettiah S.S. Girls High School, Bettiah Sacred Heart High School, Bettiah Sarsawati Vidya Mandir, Bettiah St. Joseph’s School, Bettiah St. Mary/Remijius High School, Bettiah St. Michael’s Academy. Bettiah St. Teresa's Girls' Senior Secondary School, Bettiah St. Xavier's Higher Secondary School, Bettiah Colleges Government Medical College, Bettiah Government Engineering College, West Champaran Government Polytechnic,West Champaran Maharani Janki Kunwar College, Bettiah Ram Lakhan Singh Yadav College, Bettiah Gulab Memorial College, Bettiah MRRG College, Bettiah MNM Mahila College, Bettiah St. Teresa Primary Teachers Training College, Bettiah Chanakya College of Education, Bettiah Raj Inter College, Bettiah Notable people Manoj Bajpai, Indian film actor Prakash Jha, Indian film producer, director, and screenwriter Renu Devi, first female and 7th Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Sanjay Jaiswal, politician and president of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bihar Damodar Raao, Indian film Music Director, Singer, Producer, and Lyrics writer Krishna Kumar Mishra, former member of Legislative assembly, Chanpatia (Bihar) Vikas Mishra, former Vice-Chancellor, Kurukshetra University Gopal Singh Nepali, Hindi poet and Bollywood lyricist Gauri Shankar Pandey, former member of Legislative assembly, Bettiah (Bihar) Kedar Pandey, 14th Chief Minister of Bihar Raj Kumar Shukla, Indian independence activist See also Bettiah Raj Bettiah Christians West Champaran district List of cities in Bihar Champaran Satyagraha Paschim Champaran (Lok Sabha constituency) References External links West Champaran Information Portal Official Website of