About Belwa Village

Belwa is a large village in Adapur tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,103, made up of 1,645 males and 1,458 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 158 hectares hectares.

Belwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Adapur
Area (hectares)	158 hectares
Population	3,103
Male Population	1,645
Female Population	1,458
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belwa compares

By the 2011 count Belwa is the 24th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents. Its 158 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 883.

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 village. 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 Belwa from other places

Belwa lies about 33 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Adapur, about under 2 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	Adapur	under 2 km
Nearest town	Raxaul	10 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	33 km

Villages closest to Belwa

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Adapur 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 3,103. That makes it the 24th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents.

Belwa village has 1,645 males and 1,458 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belwa has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 883.

Belwa covers 158 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Belwa falls under Adapur tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Belwa is Adapur, about under 2 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 village for Belwa.

Belwa is about 33 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belwa is in Adapur tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Adapur is about under 2 km away. Raxaul is about 10 km away. Purba Champaran is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.