About Belgal Village

Belgal is a small village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 448, made up of 220 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,036 females per 1000 males. The village covers 723.13 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491441, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belgal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belgal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	491441
Area (hectares)	723.13 hectares
Population	448
Male Population	220
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,036
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belgal compares

By the 2011 count Belgal is the 130th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 723.13 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Belgal

Belgal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belgal as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Belgal from other places

Belgal lies about 76 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 60 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 Belgal
Tehsil headquarters	Pakhanjur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	60 km
Nearest town	Garhchiroli	69 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	76 km

Villages closest to Belgal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belgal village had a population of 448. That makes it the 130th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Belgal village has 220 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belgal has about 1036 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Belgal is 491441. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belgal covers 723.13 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belgal falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Belgal is Antagarh, about 60 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 5 - 10 km distance for Belgal.

Belgal is about 76 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belgal is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 14 km away. Antagarh is about 60 km away. Garhchiroli is about 69 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.