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About Belkhara Village

Belkhara is a small village in Barachatti tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 82, made up of 37 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,216 females per 1000 males. The village covers 21 hectares hectares.

Belkhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belkhara village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Barachatti
Area (hectares) 21 hectares
Population 82
Male Population 37
Female Population 45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,216
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belkhara compares

By the 2011 count Belkhara is the 129th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 21 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Belkhara

Belkhara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belkhara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Belkhara from other places

Belkhara lies about 57 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Kathautia, about 30 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 Belkhara
Nearest town Chatrā 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Barachatti 24 km
Nearest railway station Kathautia 30 km
District headquarters Gaya 57 km

Villages closest to Belkhara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barachatti 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 Belkhara

As per the Census of India 2011, Belkhara village had a population of 82. That makes it the 129th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Belkhara village has 37 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belkhara has about 1216 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 971.

Belkhara covers 21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belkhara falls under Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Belkhara is Kathautia, about 30 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Belkhara.

Belkhara is about 57 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belkhara is in Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district. Chatrā is about 13 km away. Barachatti is about 24 km away. Kathautia is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tile Tanr (11 km), Kathautia (11 km) and Pipra (12 km).

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

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