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About Belahiya Village

Belahiya is one of the larger villages in Adapur tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,410, made up of 2,930 males and 2,480 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 846 females per 1000 males. The village covers 528.6 hectares hectares.

Belahiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belahiya village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Adapur
Area (hectares) 528.6 hectares
Population 5,410
Male Population 2,930
Female Population 2,480
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 846
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 Belahiya compares

By the 2011 count Belahiya is the 10th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents. Its 528.6 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Belahiya

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

Belahiya lies about 31 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Masnadih, about 3.0 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 Belahiya
Nearest railway station Masnadih 3.0 km
Nearest town Raxaul 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Adapur 12 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 31 km

Villages closest to Belahiya

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.

Common questions about Belahiya

As per the Census of India 2011, Belahiya village had a population of 5,410. That makes it the 10th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,406 residents.

Belahiya village has 2,930 males and 2,480 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belahiya has about 846 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 883.

Belahiya covers 528.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Belahiya is Masnadih, about 3.0 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 Belahiya.

Belahiya is about 31 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belahiya is in Adapur tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Masnadih is about 3.0 km away. Raxaul is about 7.1 km away. Adapur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chainpur (2.1 km), Lachhimipur Pokhariya (2.8 km) and Bhawanipur (3.3 km).

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

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