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About Belhara Village

Belhara is a mid sized village in Barhi tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,021, made up of 547 males and 474 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825413, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belhara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Barhi
Pincode 825413
Area (hectares) 284 hectares
Population 1,021
Male Population 547
Female Population 474
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
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 Belhara compares

By the 2011 count Belhara is the 38th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 284 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 943.

Getting to Belhara

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

Belhara lies about 37 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Urwan, 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 Belhara
Nearest railway station Urwan 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Barhi 13 km
Nearest town Jhumri Telaiya 17 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 37 km

Villages closest to Belhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belhara village had a population of 1,021. That makes it the 38th largest of the 99 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Belhara village has 547 males and 474 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belhara has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Belhara is 825413. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belhara covers 284 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belhara falls under Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Belhara is Urwan, 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 Belhara.

Belhara is about 37 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belhara is in Barhi tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Urwan is about 11 km away. Barhi is about 13 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bundu (2.5 km), Orparta (2.7 km) and Bijaia (2.7 km).

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

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