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About Belpahari Village

Belpahari is a mid sized village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,174, made up of 621 males and 553 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106.14 hectares hectares.

Belpahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belpahari village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Barharwa
Area (hectares) 106.14 hectares
Population 1,174
Male Population 621
Female Population 553
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Belpahari compares

By the 2011 count Belpahari is the 40th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 106.14 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Belpahari

Belpahari is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Belpahari as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belpahari from other places

Belpahari lies about 57 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Tildanga, about 3.3 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 Belpahari
Nearest railway station Tildanga 3.3 km
Nearest town Farakka 7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Barharwa 12 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 57 km

Villages closest to Belpahari

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belpahari village had a population of 1,174. That makes it the 40th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Belpahari village has 621 males and 553 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belpahari has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Belpahari covers 106.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Belpahari falls under Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Belpahari is Tildanga, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Belpahari.

Belpahari is about 57 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belpahari is in Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Tildanga is about 3.3 km away. Farakka is about 7.5 km away. Barharwa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Salalpur (under 2 km), Salapur (under 2 km) and Kesabpur (1.9 km).

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

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