About Bhelwan Village

Bhelwan is a large village in Farsabahar tehsil, in the district of Jashpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,410, made up of 1,679 males and 1,731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,031 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2693.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496245, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhelwan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhelwan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Jashpur
Tehsil	Farsabahar
Pincode	496245
Area (hectares)	2693.36 hectares
Population	3,410
Male Population	1,679
Female Population	1,731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,031
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhelwan compares

By the 2011 count Bhelwan is the 5th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents. Its 2693.36 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 1030.

Getting to Bhelwan

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

Bhelwan lies about 21 km from Jashpur, and the nearest railway station is Kurkura, about 61 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 Bhelwan
Tehsil headquarters	Farsabahar	21 km
District headquarters	Jashpur	21 km
Nearest town	Jashpur Nagar	21 km
Nearest railway station	Kurkura	61 km

Villages closest to Bhelwan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhelwan village had a population of 3,410. That makes it the 5th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,101 residents.

Bhelwan village has 1,679 males and 1,731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhelwan has about 1031 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1030.

The pincode recorded for Bhelwan is 496245. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhelwan covers 2693.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhelwan falls under Farsabahar tehsil of Jashpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bhelwan is Kurkura, about 61 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 Bhelwan.

Bhelwan is about 21 km from Jashpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhelwan is in Farsabahar tehsil of Jashpur district. Farsabahar is about 21 km away. Jashpur is about 21 km away. Jashpur Nagar is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.