About Betar Village

Betar is a mid sized village in Chandwa tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 721, made up of 373 males and 348 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 933 females per 1000 males. The village covers 429 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Betar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Betar village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Latehar
Tehsil	Chandwa
Pincode	822126
Area (hectares)	429 hectares
Population	721
Male Population	373
Female Population	348
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	933
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 Betar compares

By the 2011 count Betar is the 43rd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents. Its 429 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Betar

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

Betar lies about 48 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is McCluskieganj, about 12 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 Betar
Nearest railway station	McCluskieganj	12 km
Nearest town	Khalāri	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandwa	23 km
District headquarters	Latehar	48 km

Villages closest to Betar

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 Betar

As per the Census of India 2011, Betar village had a population of 721. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,073 residents.

Betar village has 373 males and 348 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Betar has about 933 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

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

Betar covers 429 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Betar falls under Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Betar is McCluskieganj, about 12 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 Betar.

Betar is about 48 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Betar is in Chandwa tehsil of Latehar district. McCluskieganj is about 12 km away. Khalāri is about 14 km away. Chandwa is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.