About Belakhunta Village

Belakhunta is a small village in Gawan tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 83 males and 71 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815313, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belakhunta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belakhunta village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gawan
Pincode	815313
Area (hectares)	128 hectares
Population	154
Male Population	83
Female Population	71
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
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 Belakhunta compares

By the 2011 count Belakhunta is the 106th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 849 residents. Its 128 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Belakhunta

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

Belakhunta lies about 53 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Nawadih, about 2.6 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 Belakhunta
Nearest railway station	Nawadih	2.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gawan	25 km
Nearest town	Kodarma	26 km
District headquarters	Giridih	53 km

Villages closest to Belakhunta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belakhunta village had a population of 154. That makes it the 106th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 849 residents.

Belakhunta village has 83 males and 71 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belakhunta has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Belakhunta is 815313. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belakhunta covers 128 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belakhunta falls under Gawan tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Belakhunta is Nawadih, about 2.6 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 Belakhunta.

Belakhunta is about 53 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belakhunta is in Gawan tehsil of Giridih district. Nawadih is about 2.6 km away. Gawan is about 25 km away. Kodarma is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.