About Belwara Village

Belwara is one of the larger villages in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil, in the district of Saharsa, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13,581, made up of 7,254 males and 6,327 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1739 hectares hectares.

Belwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belwara village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saharsa
Tehsil	Simri Bakhtiarpur
Area (hectares)	1739 hectares
Population	13,581
Male Population	7,254
Female Population	6,327
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belwara compares

By the 2011 count Belwara is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents. Its 1739 hectares work out to about 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Belwara

Belwara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belwara 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belwara from other places

Belwara lies about 19 km from Saharsa, and the nearest railway station is Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika, about 12 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 Belwara
Tehsil headquarters	Simri Bakhtiarpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika	12 km
Nearest town	Bangaon	14 km
District headquarters	Saharsa	19 km

Villages closest to Belwara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Simri Bakhtiarpur 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 Belwara

As per the Census of India 2011, Belwara village had a population of 13,581. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,954 residents.

Belwara village has 7,254 males and 6,327 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belwara has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

Belwara covers 1739 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Belwara falls under Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Belwara is Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika, about 12 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Belwara.

Belwara is about 19 km from Saharsa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belwara is in Simri Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Saharsa district. Simri Bakhtiarpur is about 12 km away. Baba Raghuni Halt Dwarika is about 12 km away. Bangaon is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.