The 1951 census recorded Bela Bhela as comprising 32 hamlets, with a total population of 5,429 people (2,774 male and 2,655 female), in 1,154 households and 1,148 physical houses. The area of the village was given as 5,453 acres. 213 residents were literate, 208 male and 5 female. The village was listed as belonging to the pargana of Rae Bareli South and the thana of Jagatpur. The village's primary school had an attendance of 182 students as of 1 January of that year.
