About Belha Village

Belha is a mid sized village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 720, made up of 349 males and 371 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,063 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belha village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Masturi
Pincode	495551
Area (hectares)	253.04 hectares
Population	720
Male Population	349
Female Population	371
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,063
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belha compares

By the 2011 count Belha is the 131st largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 253.04 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Belha

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

Belha lies about 32 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kotmi Sonar, about 23 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 Belha
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	18 km
Nearest railway station	Kotmi Sonar	23 km
Nearest town	Baloda Bāzār	24 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	32 km

Villages closest to Belha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belha village had a population of 720. That makes it the 131st largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Belha village has 349 males and 371 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belha has about 1063 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Belha is 495551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belha covers 253.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belha falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Belha is Kotmi Sonar, about 23 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Belha.

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

Belha is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Masturi is about 18 km away. Kotmi Sonar is about 23 km away. Baloda Bāzār is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.