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About Belputi Village

Belputi is a large village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,167, made up of 1,074 males and 1,093 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1359.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belputi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belputi village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 494222
Area (hectares) 1359.68 hectares
Population 2,167
Male Population 1,074
Female Population 1,093
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,018
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belputi compares

By the 2011 count Belputi is the 19th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 1359.68 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Belputi

Belputi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belputi as Available. 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 Belputi from other places

Belputi lies about 14 km from Bastar. 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 Belputi
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 14 km
District headquarters Bastar 14 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 25 km

Villages closest to Belputi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belputi village had a population of 2,167. That makes it the 19th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Belputi village has 1,074 males and 1,093 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belputi has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Belputi is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belputi covers 1359.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belputi falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Belputi notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Belputi is about 14 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belputi is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 14 km away. Bastar is about 14 km away. Jagdalpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pathri (under 2 km), Khotalapal (2.4 km) and Karanji (2.9 km).

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

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