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About Belbari Village

Belbari is a mid sized village in Sikti tehsil, in the district of Araria, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 931, made up of 498 males and 433 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338 hectares hectares.

Belbari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belbari village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Araria
Tehsil Sikti
Area (hectares) 338 hectares
Population 931
Male Population 498
Female Population 433
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 869
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belbari compares

By the 2011 count Belbari is the 42nd largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,814 residents. Its 338 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Belbari

Belbari is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Belbari as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belbari from other places

Belbari lies about 19 km from Araria, and the nearest railway station is Gogipothia Halt, about 20 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Belbari
Tehsil headquarters Sikti 13 km
Nearest town Shahbazpur 18 km
District headquarters Araria 19 km
Nearest railway station Gogipothia Halt 20 km

Villages closest to Belbari

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sikti tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Belbari

As per the Census of India 2011, Belbari village had a population of 931. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,814 residents.

Belbari village has 498 males and 433 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belbari has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

Belbari covers 338 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belbari falls under Sikti tehsil of Araria district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Belbari is Gogipothia Halt, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Belbari.

Belbari is about 19 km from Araria in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belbari is in Sikti tehsil of Araria district. Sikti is about 13 km away. Shahbazpur is about 18 km away. Araria is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pothia (under 2 km), Ramnagar (under 2 km) and Bairgachhi (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Belbari today is likely to be higher.

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