About Bela Village

Bela is a mid sized village in Halsi tehsil, in the district of Lakhisarai, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,783, made up of 940 males and 843 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 897 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.7 hectares hectares.

Bela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bela village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Lakhisarai
Tehsil	Halsi
Area (hectares)	109.7 hectares
Population	1,783
Male Population	940
Female Population	843
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	897
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bela compares

By the 2011 count Bela is the 28th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents. Its 109.7 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Bela

Bela is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bela 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bela from other places

Bela lies about 22 km from Lakhisarai, and the nearest railway station is Garsanda Halt, about 17 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 Bela
Tehsil headquarters	Halsi	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Garsanda Halt	17 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	22 km
District headquarters	Lakhisarai	22 km

Villages closest to Bela

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

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Bela

As per the Census of India 2011, Bela village had a population of 1,783. That makes it the 28th largest of the 55 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,109 residents.

Bela village has 940 males and 843 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bela has about 897 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 931.

Bela covers 109.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bela falls under Halsi tehsil of Lakhisarai district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bela is Garsanda Halt, about 17 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bela.

Bela is about 22 km from Lakhisarai in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bela is in Halsi tehsil of Lakhisarai district. Halsi is about 5.7 km away. Garsanda Halt is about 17 km away. Jamūī is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.