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About Belshar Village

Belshar is a small village in Pathargama tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 155, made up of 81 males and 74 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belshar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belshar village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Pathargama
Pincode 814155
Area (hectares) 66 hectares
Population 155
Male Population 81
Female Population 74
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 914
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Belshar compares

By the 2011 count Belshar is the 119th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 805 residents. Its 66 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Belshar

Belshar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belshar as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belshar from other places

Belshar lies about 14 km from Godda. 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 Belshar
Tehsil headquarters Pathargama 6.1 km
District headquarters Godda 14 km

Villages closest to Belshar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belshar village had a population of 155. That makes it the 119th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 805 residents.

Belshar village has 81 males and 74 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belshar has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Belshar is 814155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belshar covers 66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belshar falls under Pathargama tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Belshar notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Belshar.

Belshar is about 14 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belshar is in Pathargama tehsil of Godda district. Pathargama is about 6.1 km away. Godda is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Beltikri (under 2 km), Sonbarsa (under 2 km) and Dhobdiha (under 2 km).

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

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