About Belbuni Village

Belbuni is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 27, made up of 14 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belbuni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belbuni village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Shikaripara
Pincode	816103
Area (hectares)	50 hectares
Population	27
Male Population	14
Female Population	13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
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 compares

By the 2011 count Belbuni is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 50 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1013.

Getting to Belbuni

Belbuni is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Belbuni 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 from other places

Belbuni 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
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	28 km

Villages closest to Belbuni

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.

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Common questions about Belbuni

As per the Census of India 2011, Belbuni village had a population of 27. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Belbuni village has 14 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belbuni has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1013.

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

Belbuni covers 50 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belbuni falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Belbuni 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.

Belbuni 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 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.