About Belodih Village

Belodih is a mid sized village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 588, made up of 303 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 104.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belodih Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belodih village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	104.29 hectares
Population	588
Male Population	303
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belodih compares

By the 2011 count Belodih is the 82nd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 104.29 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Belodih

Belodih is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belodih as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Belodih from other places

Belodih lies about 63 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 7.3 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 Belodih
Nearest railway station	Godda	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Saraiyahat	29 km
District headquarters	Dumka	63 km

Villages closest to Belodih

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belodih village had a population of 588. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Belodih village has 303 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belodih has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Belodih is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belodih covers 104.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belodih falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Belodih is Godda, about 7.3 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 within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Belodih.

Belodih is about 63 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belodih is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. Godda is about 7.3 km away. Saraiyahat is about 29 km away. Dumka is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.