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About Bela Village

Bela is a mid sized village in Bankatwa tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,747, made up of 956 males and 791 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 827 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.6 hectares hectares.

Bela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bela village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Bankatwa
Area (hectares) 201.6 hectares
Population 1,747
Male Population 956
Female Population 791
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 827
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bela compares

By the 2011 count Bela is the 16th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 5,843 residents. Its 201.6 hectares work out to about 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Getting to Bela

The census records public bus service for Bela as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 76 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Harinagar, 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 Bela
Nearest railway station Harinagar under 2 km
Nearest town Rāmnagar 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bankatwa 24 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 76 km

Villages closest to Bela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bela village had a population of 1,747. That makes it the 16th largest of the 20 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 5,843 residents.

Bela village has 956 males and 791 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bela has about 827 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 916.

Bela covers 201.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bela falls under Bankatwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bela is Harinagar, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bela.

Bela is about 76 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bela is in Bankatwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Harinagar is about under 2 km away. Rāmnagar is about 1.7 km away. Bankatwa is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pipra (9.8 km), Balua Tola Dhanukhi (11 km) and Bijbani (18 km).

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

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