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About Bela Yakub Village

Bela Yakub is a large village in Bahadurpur tehsil, in the district of Darbhanga, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,794, made up of 1,538 males and 1,256 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares.

Bela Yakub Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bela Yakub village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Darbhanga
Tehsil Bahadurpur
Area (hectares) 79 hectares
Population 2,794
Male Population 1,538
Female Population 1,256
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 817
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bela Yakub compares

By the 2011 count Bela Yakub is the 30th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Bela Yakub

Bela Yakub is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bela Yakub as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bela Yakub from other places

Bela Yakub lies about 46 km from Darbhanga, and the nearest railway station is Harnagar, about 2.4 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 Bela Yakub
Nearest railway station Harnagar 2.4 km
Nearest town Benipur 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Bahadurpur 31 km
District headquarters Darbhanga 46 km

Villages closest to Bela Yakub

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bahadurpur 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 Bela Yakub

As per the Census of India 2011, Bela Yakub village had a population of 2,794. That makes it the 30th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,130 residents.

Bela Yakub village has 1,538 males and 1,256 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bela Yakub has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 898.

Bela Yakub covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 35 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bela Yakub falls under Bahadurpur tehsil of Darbhanga district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bela Yakub is Harnagar, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Bela Yakub.

Bela Yakub is about 46 km from Darbhanga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bela Yakub is in Bahadurpur tehsil of Darbhanga district. Harnagar is about 2.4 km away. Benipur is about 22 km away. Bahadurpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pirari (2.6 km), Badh Basti (3.0 km) and Birnia (5.1 km).

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

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