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About Bel Pan Village

Bel Pan is a mid sized village in Takhatpur tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,733, made up of 838 males and 895 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,068 females per 1000 males. The village covers 593.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491557, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bel Pan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bel Pan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Takhatpur
Pincode 491557
Area (hectares) 593.06 hectares
Population 1,733
Male Population 838
Female Population 895
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,068
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bel Pan compares

By the 2011 count Bel Pan is the 46th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents. Its 593.06 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

Getting to Bel Pan

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

Bel Pan lies about 33 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 18 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 Bel Pan
Tehsil headquarters Takhatpur 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 18 km
Nearest town Mungeli 26 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 33 km

Villages closest to Bel Pan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Takhatpur 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 Bel Pan

As per the Census of India 2011, Bel Pan village had a population of 1,733. That makes it the 46th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,435 residents.

Bel Pan village has 838 males and 895 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bel Pan has about 1068 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 976.

The pincode recorded for Bel Pan is 491557. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bel Pan covers 593.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bel Pan falls under Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bel Pan is Kargi Road, about 18 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 village for Bel Pan.

Bel Pan is about 33 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bel Pan is in Takhatpur tehsil of Bilaspur district. Takhatpur is about 9.5 km away. Kargi Road is about 18 km away. Mungeli is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tikri (under 2 km), Pongariha (2.0 km) and Dhavaiyapura (2.0 km).

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

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