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Belsor is a historically important village in Nalbari district. It is surrounded by Barni, Jagara in the east; Kaihati, Pipalibari, Bhaira and Solmari in the west; Kakaya in the south; Gandhiya in the north. The Devalaya is located at the Belsor Census Town consisting only one ward namely Belsor ward no: 01 in the district of Nalbari 15 kms west from the headquarters. The total geographical area of Belsor Census Town is 5 square kms. It is the second largest census town in the state-Assam in India. Population density of the census town is 1853 per square km. The total population of it is 8523. Yearly average rainfall of it is 1905mm. Maximum temperature goes up to 36 degree C and minimum temperature goes down to 7 degree C. Among the total population of 8523 4351(51%) are male and 4172(49%) are female. 99% of the whole population are from general caste, 1% are from schedule caste. Child population (aged under 6 years) of Belsor census town is 8%, among them 54% are boys and 46% are girls. 

There are 1828 households in the census town and an average 5 persons live in every family. Hindus contribute 92% of the total population and are the largest religious community in the census town followed by Muslims which contribute 8% of the total population. The overall literacy rate is 92%. 96% of male and 89% of female population is literate. Belsor has 29%(2455) population engaged in either main or marginal works. 49% male and 8% female population are working population. 37% of total male population is main worker and 12% is marginal workers. For women 4% of total population is main worker and 4% is marginal worker. From this description, it is evident that the people of the locality are on the way of national average in regard of primary statistics except than the climate and other geographical components. Still the majority of the people believe in the ethnicity and all other traditional and ritualistic matters despite the new waves of thinking amongst the new generation people. This pristine culture is being fostered by the Devalaya since the time immemorial. Despite the supportive demographic situation, the village is not blessed with any industrial set-up which can ensure the employability of the aspirants. Of course, the road condition of the village is comparatively good though not commercially used to harness benefits to the common people. The new generation people are obviously Belsor village belongs to Dharmapur mouza of Paschim Nalbari circle of which total population is 1,30,249. Among the 54 villages, Belsor possesses the highest historical importance having the Billeswar Devalaya-being a target place for lakhs of devotees from the neighboring villages on regular mode. Majority people the village still live by the agricultural activities.

Despite the induction of agricultural instruments; the village is lagging behind the prosperity in the domain of agriculture. Farmers are accustomed only to the single cropping. Majority portion of the arable land lies barren in most of the time in the year. Irrigation is not encouraging. Though some small scale enterprise like steel fabrication, weaving centre, furniture house, computer centre-service and demonstration, rice mill, confectionery and bakery etc., however, these have not witnessed adequate progress due to the insufficient electricity supply. Some other income generating activities are on rise. As for examples, we may cite the fish hatching centre was begun in 1998 where a section of people are being benefitted. But, it is true that, there are sufficient number of masons, carpenters, potters, goldsmiths, blacksmiths and any other artisans as per the local demands. Some government establishments are contributing to socio-economic condition of the village. These are: Central Bank of India, Sub Treasury Office, Veterinary, Police Station, Fire Brigade, Sub-Registrar Office, Model Hospital, school and colleges etc. Their existence has made Belsor a small commercial hub. In present times, some private run schools and coaching centre are also on rise wherein a good number of youths and retired persons are engaged and maintaining their financial sustenance. Traditional income generating activities are going on. A substantial number of people are doing services in private and governmental departments. Self-help groups of women are formed with rapid pace which has given a momentum to the women empowering process as well as the overall economy of the village. From the above data it is seen that the village is a self sustaining in respect of economy. The presentation of the economic aspect helps to analyze the societal position which has a direct linkage with the cultural set-up of the society. The stature of Billeswar Devalaya is not only maintained by the local economy. Rather, the reality shows that the contribution of the vertically mobilized people settled down in other urban areas primarily in Guwahati city and the local rich people though they are small in number helps the Devalaya in sustenance.

The present financial sources may be summarized as stated below:

a) Government Annuity:

After the promulgation of Assam Land (Requisition and Acquisition) Act, 1964 [Assam Act XV of 1964] on 29th July, 1964, the Devalaya authority wherein the Daloi is the chief executive has to abstain from collecting land revenue from the Paiks, against the lands allotted to them. As a matter of fact the Paiks were given permanent pattas for their land in concord with the clauses of the aforesaid Act and made obliged to pay the revenue directly to the Government. Thereby the regular income for the sustenance of the Devalaya had to stop. But the Government started to pay an annuity instead for the direct revenue collection. The annuity for the Devalaya was started in 1956 with a sum of Rs 900.00 only.

As per an RTI applied by me to the Deputy Commissioner, the reply on 06-07-2018, vide letter no. NLRF-1/2010/47, shows the following amount of annuity

Year	Annuity
2011-2013	鈧� 60,391.00
2010	鈧� 10,391.00
2009	鈧� 10,391.00

An extensive personal interview was taken with the former Revenue Minister of Govt. of Assam, Dr. Bhumidhar Barman on 9^th March at around 3pm at his permanent residence at Belsor. He stated that during his tenure as a minister he enhanced the annuity up to Rs 20,000.00. But it is seen from the RTI reply given by the Nalbari District Administration that the disbursal of annuity is not regular probably due to the bureaucratic constraints. The annuity is deposited in the account of the Devalaya, in the Central Bank of India, Belsor Branch.

b) Placement of Offertory Boxes

Offertory boxes are placed at various places of the Devalaya during the festivals except than the fixed points. Usually these boxes are kept at the entry of the Puja Griha, where the devotees take blessings from the Pujari. The Devotees put cash into these boxes as donations to the Devalaya, as per as their capacity and wish. Devotees also offer Dakshina to the Pujari with great reverence. Cash offered as Dakshina and cash put in the offertory boxes are two different customs, and should not the confused as same. The pujaris enjoy the liberty to use the Dakshina for his personal sustenance, while the cash accumulated in the offertory boxes are utilized for the Devalaya functions. The accountability of such cash comes under the ambit of Devalaya Management Committee.

c) Donation:

Donation is a major source of financial sustenance of the Devalaya though there is no tradition of collecting regular donation from any one. The first official donation of Rs. 600.00 came from Oil India Limited who took possession of portion of land of Billeswar Devalaya when a pipeline was laid through Bangaon Jagara road at around 1968-69. Bipin Bihari Barua, S/O Rati Kanangoh of Kakaya who was an engineer of repute in E&D Dept. had immense contribution in developing the infrastructure of the Devalaya.

After the visit of Shri Tarun Gogoi, CM of the state, in 2001 to the Devalaya, a fund was allocated under the scheme of Panchayat and Rural Development. Co-incidentally Dr. Bhumidhar Barman was the minister of that department due to which development of the Devalaya took a new momentum.

The Devalaya faces a burden of huge finance to maintain the affairs particularly during the celebration of Durga Puja, which continues for ten days, from Pratipad to Dashami. As stated by the present Daloi, Shri Ranjit Mishra, to accomplish the entire task of Durga Puja Celebration, Devalaya requires at least twenty lakhs every year at present times. That amount is managed by the donations as cash or kind, by the devotees, wellwishers and the patrons. It is seen that the patrons are usually the rich people, settled in other places originally hailing from the Devalaya locality and high profile political leaders representing the Dharmapur Assembly Constituency. They take privilege in taking responsibility to manage the financial liabilities of such celebrations.

Patrons of Durga Puja Celebration for the Year: 2018
Name	Position
Shri Chandra Mohan Patowary	Minister of Industry & Commerce, Transport, Skill Development & Parliamentary Affairs, Govt of Assam cum MLA, Dharmapur Assembly Constituency
Shri Jayanta Malla Baruah	Chairperson, Tourism Corporation, Assam
Shri Narayan Deka	MLA, Barkhetri Assembly Constituency
Shri Ashok Kumar Sarma	MLA, Nalbari Assembly Constituency
Shri Sanjib Kumar Das	Deputy Commissioner, Nalbari
Shri Anup Barman	President, Assam Pradesh Yuva Marcha, BJP