About Belsand Village

Belsand is a large village in Barauli tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,905, made up of 1,881 males and 2,024 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,076 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230 hectares hectares.

Belsand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belsand village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Barauli
Area (hectares)	230 hectares
Population	3,905
Male Population	1,881
Female Population	2,024
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,076
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Belsand compares

By the 2011 count Belsand is the 19th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,971 residents. Its 230 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Belsand

Belsand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belsand as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belsand from other places

Belsand lies about 19 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Ratan Sarai, about 5.8 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 Belsand
Nearest railway station	Ratan Sarai	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barauli	7.1 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	19 km

Villages closest to Belsand

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

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Common questions about Belsand

As per the Census of India 2011, Belsand village had a population of 3,905. That makes it the 19th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,971 residents.

Belsand village has 1,881 males and 2,024 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belsand has about 1076 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

Belsand covers 230 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Belsand falls under Barauli tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Belsand is Ratan Sarai, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Belsand.

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

Belsand is in Barauli tehsil of Gopalganj district. Ratan Sarai is about 5.8 km away. Barauli is about 7.1 km away. Gopalganj is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.