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About Belgaon Village

Belgaon is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 332, made up of 174 males and 158 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 908 females per 1000 males. The village covers 324.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Manpur
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 324.19 hectares
Population 332
Male Population 174
Female Population 158
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 908
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belgaon compares

By the 2011 count Belgaon is the 86th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 324.19 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Belgaon

Belgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belgaon as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Belgaon from other places

Belgaon lies about 96 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bhanupratappur, about 44 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 Belgaon
Tehsil headquarters Manpur 11 km
Nearest railway station Bhanupratappur 44 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 54 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 96 km

Villages closest to Belgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belgaon village had a population of 332. That makes it the 86th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Belgaon village has 174 males and 158 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belgaon has about 908 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Belgaon is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belgaon covers 324.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belgaon falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Belgaon is Bhanupratappur, about 44 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 10+ km distance for Belgaon.

Belgaon is about 96 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belgaon is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 11 km away. Bhanupratappur is about 44 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 54 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Murjhar (under 2 km), Kohaka (2.1 km) and Chawargaon (3.7 km).

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

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