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About Belar Village

Belar is a small village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 442, made up of 221 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326.79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Mahasamund
Tehsil Bagbahra
Pincode 493445
Area (hectares) 326.79 hectares
Population 442
Male Population 221
Female Population 221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Belar compares

By the 2011 count Belar is the 169th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 326.79 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Belar

Belar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belar 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belar from other places

Belar lies about 41 km from Mahasamund. 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 Belar
Tehsil headquarters Bagbahra 18 km
District headquarters Mahasamund 41 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 41 km

Villages closest to Belar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belar village had a population of 442. That makes it the 169th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Belar village has 221 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Belar is 493445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belar covers 326.79 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.

Belar falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Belar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Belar is about 41 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belar is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Bagbahra is about 18 km away. Mahasamund is about 41 km away. Mahāsamund is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bohardih (2.1 km), Kalmidadar (7.6 km) and Shikaripali (7.8 km).

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

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