About Belagara Village

Belagara is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,898, made up of 910 males and 988 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 498 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belagara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belagara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835331
Area (hectares)	498 hectares
Population	1,898
Male Population	910
Female Population	988
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,086
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belagara compares

By the 2011 count Belagara is the 10th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 498 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Belagara

Belagara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belagara as Available within 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 Belagara from other places

Belagara lies about 17 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 32 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 Belagara
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	8.3 km
District headquarters	Gumla	17 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	17 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	32 km

Villages closest to Belagara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belagara village had a population of 1,898. That makes it the 10th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Belagara village has 910 males and 988 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belagara has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Belagara is 835331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belagara covers 498 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belagara falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Belagara is Lohardaga, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance for Belagara.

Belagara is about 17 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belagara is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 8.3 km away. Gumla is about 17 km away. Gumlā is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.