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About Belad Village

Belad is a small village in Sonhat tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 427, made up of 226 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.2 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497339, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belad village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Sonhat
Pincode 497339
Area (hectares) 300.2 hectares
Population 427
Male Population 226
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belad compares

By the 2011 count Belad is the 44th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 300.2 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Belad

Belad is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belad 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. The nearest villages by name are Badra, Badwar, Banshipur and Baser. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Belad

As per the Census of India 2011, Belad village had a population of 427. That makes it the 44th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Belad village has 226 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belad has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Belad is 497339. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belad covers 300.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belad falls under Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Belad 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 village for Belad.

Belad is in Sonhat tehsil of Koriya district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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