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About Belwa Dube Village

Belwa Dube is a mid sized village in Katiya tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 776, made up of 349 males and 427 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,223 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66 hectares hectares.

Belwa Dube Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belwa Dube village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Katiya
Area (hectares) 66 hectares
Population 776
Male Population 349
Female Population 427
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,223
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 Belwa Dube compares

By the 2011 count Belwa Dube is the 52nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents. Its 66 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1114.

Getting to Belwa Dube

Belwa Dube is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belwa Dube 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 Belwa Dube from other places

Belwa Dube lies about 32 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Panchdeori Halt, about 5.5 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 Belwa Dube
Nearest railway station Panchdeori Halt 5.5 km
Nearest town Kataiya 6.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Katiya 32 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 32 km

Villages closest to Belwa Dube

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katiya 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 Belwa Dube

As per the Census of India 2011, Belwa Dube village had a population of 776. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents.

Belwa Dube village has 349 males and 427 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belwa Dube has about 1223 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1114.

Belwa Dube covers 66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Belwa Dube falls under Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Belwa Dube is Panchdeori Halt, about 5.5 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 Belwa Dube.

Belwa Dube is about 32 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belwa Dube is in Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district. Panchdeori Halt is about 5.5 km away. Kataiya is about 6.2 km away. Katiya is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patkhauli (under 2 km), Barehi (under 2 km) and Bagahi Khas (under 2 km).

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

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