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About Belbuni Upar Village

Belbuni Upar is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 144, made up of 77 males and 67 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 870 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belbuni Upar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belbuni Upar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Shikaripara
Pincode 816103
Area (hectares) 58 hectares
Population 144
Male Population 77
Female Population 67
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 870
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belbuni Upar compares

By the 2011 count Belbuni Upar is the 198th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 58 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Belbuni Upar

Belbuni Upar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Belbuni Upar as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Belbuni Upar from other places

Belbuni Upar lies about 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 11 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 Belbuni Upar
Nearest railway station Harinsing 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Shikaripara 28 km
District headquarters Dumka 28 km

Villages closest to Belbuni Upar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shikaripara 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 Belbuni Upar

As per the Census of India 2011, Belbuni Upar village had a population of 144. That makes it the 198th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Belbuni Upar village has 77 males and 67 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belbuni Upar has about 870 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Belbuni Upar is 816103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belbuni Upar covers 58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belbuni Upar falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Belbuni Upar is Harinsing, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Belbuni Upar.

Belbuni Upar is about 28 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belbuni Upar is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 11 km away. Shikaripara is about 28 km away. Dumka is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Belbuni (under 2 km), Jhikara (2.5 km) and Bhalki (2.7 km).

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

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