About Belwa Village

Belwa is a small village in Uchkagaon tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 23, made up of 13 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 769 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares.

Belwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gopalganj
Tehsil	Uchkagaon
Area (hectares)	106 hectares
Population	23
Male Population	13
Female Population	10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	769
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Belwa compares

By the 2011 count Belwa is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,026 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Getting to Belwa

Belwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belwa 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belwa from other places

Belwa lies about 7.2 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Narkatia Bazar, about 2.5 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
Nearest railway station	Narkatia Bazar	2.5 km
District headquarters	Gopalganj	7.2 km
Nearest town	Gopālganj	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Uchkagaon	8.2 km

Villages closest to Belwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belwa village had a population of 23. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,026 residents.

Belwa village has 13 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belwa has about 769 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1040.

Belwa covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belwa falls under Uchkagaon tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Belwa is Narkatia Bazar, about 2.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Belwa.

Belwa is about 7.2 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belwa is in Uchkagaon tehsil of Gopalganj district. Narkatia Bazar is about 2.5 km away. Gopalganj is about 7.2 km away. Gopālganj is about 7.2 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.