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About Bel Banwa Village

Bel Banwa is a mid sized village in Kuchaikote tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,143, made up of 584 males and 559 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66 hectares hectares.

Bel Banwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bel Banwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Kuchaikote
Area (hectares) 66 hectares
Population 1,143
Male Population 584
Female Population 559
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bel Banwa compares

By the 2011 count Bel Banwa is the 107th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents. Its 66 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Bel Banwa

Bel Banwa 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 Bel Banwa as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Bel Banwa from other places

Bel Banwa lies about 13 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Sipaya, about 2.0 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 Bel Banwa
Nearest railway station Sipaya 2.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuchaikote 13 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 13 km
Nearest town Gopālganj 13 km

Villages closest to Bel Banwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kuchaikote 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 Bel Banwa

As per the Census of India 2011, Bel Banwa village had a population of 1,143. That makes it the 107th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,557 residents.

Bel Banwa village has 584 males and 559 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bel Banwa has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Bel Banwa covers 66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bel Banwa falls under Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bel Banwa is Sipaya, about 2.0 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bel Banwa.

Bel Banwa is about 13 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bel Banwa is in Kuchaikote tehsil of Gopalganj district. Sipaya is about 2.0 km away. Kuchaikote is about 13 km away. Gopalganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pokhar Bhinda (under 2 km), Bindwalia (under 2 km) and Kuchai Kote (1.9 km).

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

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