About Belwa Village

Belwa is a mid sized village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,071, made up of 578 males and 493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845453, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Gaunaha
Pincode	845453
Area (hectares)	66.4 hectares
Population	1,071
Male Population	578
Female Population	493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	853
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Belwa compares

By the 2011 count Belwa is the 63rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 66.4 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, well below the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Belwa

Belwa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belwa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 24 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Amolwa, about 1.8 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	Amolwa	1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gaunaha	4.5 km
Nearest town	Narkatiāganj	10 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	24 km

Villages closest to Belwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gaunaha 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 1,071. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Belwa village has 578 males and 493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belwa has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Belwa is 845453. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belwa covers 66.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Belwa falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Belwa is Amolwa, about 1.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Belwa.

Belwa is about 24 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belwa is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Amolwa is about 1.8 km away. Gaunaha is about 4.5 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.