title: Vaishali (community development block)
text: # Vaishali (community development block)
  
  Vaishali is a community development block in Vaishali district of Bihar, India. It is also called Vaishali C. D. Block, as per the census nomenclature.
  
  ## Major roads
  
  SH-74
  
  ## Villages
  
  * Number of Panchayat : 16
  * Number of Villages : 112
  
  ### 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
  
  ## 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
  
  ## Education
  
  * Literacy rate : 49.4% (2001 ist.)
  * Male literacy rate : 61.7%
  * Female literacy rate : 36.3%
  
  ### School
  
  * Primary School : 78 (2009 ist.)
  * Upper Primary School : 61
  
  ## Banking
  
  * Number of banks : 5
  