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About Belkatra Village

Belkatra is a small village in Bhabua tehsil, in the district of Kaimur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 90, made up of 48 males and 42 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 39 hectares hectares.

Belkatra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belkatra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Kaimur
Tehsil Bhabua
Area (hectares) 39 hectares
Population 90
Male Population 48
Female Population 42
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
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 Belkatra compares

By the 2011 count Belkatra is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents. Its 39 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

Getting to Belkatra

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

Belkatra lies about 98 km from Kaimur, and the nearest railway station is Durgauti, about 5.3 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 Belkatra
Nearest railway station Durgauti 5.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhabua 16 km
Nearest town Bhabhua 16 km
District headquarters Kaimur 98 km

Villages closest to Belkatra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belkatra village had a population of 90. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,196 residents.

Belkatra village has 48 males and 42 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belkatra has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 917.

Belkatra covers 39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belkatra falls under Bhabua tehsil of Kaimur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Belkatra is Durgauti, about 5.3 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 Belkatra.

Belkatra is about 98 km from Kaimur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belkatra is in Bhabua tehsil of Kaimur district. Durgauti is about 5.3 km away. Bhabua is about 16 km away. Bhabhua is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katra (under 2 km), Umarpur (under 2 km) and Bithwar (under 2 km).

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

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