About Belag Village

Belag is a small village in Chaupal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 34, made up of 17 males and 17 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171211, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belag village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chaupal
Pincode	171211
Area (hectares)	25.43 hectares
Population	34
Male Population	17
Female Population	17
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belag compares

By the 2011 count Belag is the 145th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 185 residents. Its 25.43 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 945.

Getting to Belag

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

Belag lies about 29 km from Shimla. 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 Belag
District headquarters	Shimla	29 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chaupal	32 km

Villages closest to Belag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belag village had a population of 34. That makes it the 145th largest of the 158 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 185 residents.

Belag village has 17 males and 17 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belag has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Belag is 171211. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belag covers 25.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belag falls under Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Belag notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Belag.

Belag is about 29 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belag is in Chaupal tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla is about 29 km away. Chaupal is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.