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About Belwasa Village

Belwasa is a mid sized village in Ziradei tehsil, in the district of Siwan, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,525, made up of 812 males and 713 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 878 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91 hectares hectares.

Belwasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belwasa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Siwan
Tehsil Ziradei
Area (hectares) 91 hectares
Population 1,525
Male Population 812
Female Population 713
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 878
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belwasa compares

By the 2011 count Belwasa is the 35th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,052 residents. Its 91 hectares work out to about 17 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 1024.

Getting to Belwasa

Belwasa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Belwasa as Available within 10+ 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belwasa from other places

Belwasa lies about 32 km from Siwan, and the nearest railway station is Narkatia Bazar, about 2.5 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 Belwasa
Nearest railway station Narkatia Bazar 2.5 km
Nearest town Gopālganj 7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Ziradei 32 km
District headquarters Siwan 32 km

Villages closest to Belwasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belwasa village had a population of 1,525. That makes it the 35th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,052 residents.

Belwasa village has 812 males and 713 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belwasa has about 878 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1024.

Belwasa covers 91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Belwasa falls under Ziradei tehsil of Siwan district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Belwasa is Narkatia Bazar, about 2.5 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Belwasa.

Belwasa is about 32 km from Siwan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belwasa is in Ziradei tehsil of Siwan district. Narkatia Bazar is about 2.5 km away. Gopālganj is about 7.2 km away. Ziradei is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Santhu (30 km), Baroha (31 km) and Berhea (31 km).

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

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