About Belenga Village

Belenga is a small village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 358, made up of 187 males and 171 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 914 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belenga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belenga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Chandwa
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	433 hectares
Population	358
Male Population	187
Female Population	171
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	914
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 Belenga compares

By the 2011 count Belenga is the 64th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 433 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 967.

Getting to Belenga

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

Belenga lies about 42 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is McCluskieganj, about 9.0 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 Belenga
Nearest railway station	McCluskieganj	9.0 km
Nearest town	Khalāri	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwa	17 km
District headquarters	Latehar	42 km

Villages closest to Belenga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belenga village had a population of 358. That makes it the 64th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Belenga village has 187 males and 171 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belenga has about 914 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Belenga is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belenga covers 433 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belenga falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Belenga is McCluskieganj, about 9.0 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 Belenga.

Belenga is about 42 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belenga is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. McCluskieganj is about 9.0 km away. Khalāri is about 14 km away. Chandwa is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.