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About Belposi Village

Belposi is a mid sized village in Jagannathpur tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 624, made up of 307 males and 317 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 249 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belposi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belposi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Jagannathpur
Pincode 833203
Area (hectares) 249 hectares
Population 624
Male Population 307
Female Population 317
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belposi compares

By the 2011 count Belposi is the 60th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,031 residents. Its 249 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Belposi

Belposi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belposi as Available within village. 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 Belposi from other places

Belposi lies about 51 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Māluka, about 9.7 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 Belposi
Nearest railway station Māluka 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Jagannathpur 12 km
Nearest town Joda 28 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 51 km

Villages closest to Belposi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belposi village had a population of 624. That makes it the 60th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,031 residents.

Belposi village has 307 males and 317 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belposi has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Belposi is 833203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belposi covers 249 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belposi falls under Jagannathpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Belposi is Māluka, about 9.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Belposi.

Belposi is about 51 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belposi is in Jagannathpur tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Māluka is about 9.7 km away. Jagannathpur is about 12 km away. Joda is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pokam (under 2 km), Manik Pur (under 2 km) and Rajabasa (1.8 km).

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

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