About Belar Village

Belar is a small village in Pithora tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 279, made up of 133 males and 146 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 136.96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493551, 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	Pithora
Pincode	493551
Area (hectares)	136.96 hectares
Population	279
Male Population	133
Female Population	146
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,098
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belar compares

By the 2011 count Belar is the 204th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 835 residents. Its 136.96 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

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 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 Belar from other places

Belar lies about 41 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bagbahra, 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 Belar
Tehsil headquarters	Pithora	8.5 km
Nearest railway station	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 Pithora 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 Belar

As per the Census of India 2011, Belar village had a population of 279. That makes it the 204th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 835 residents.

Belar village has 133 males and 146 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belar has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Belar is 493551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belar covers 136.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belar falls under Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Belar is Bagbahra, 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 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 Pithora tehsil of Mahasamund district. Pithora is about 8.5 km away. Bagbahra is about 18 km away. Mahasamund is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.