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About Belbathan Village

Belbathan is a small village in Taljhari tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 75 males and 94 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,253 females per 1000 males. The village covers 75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belbathan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belbathan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Taljhari
Pincode 816115
Area (hectares) 75 hectares
Population 169
Male Population 75
Female Population 94
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,253
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Belbathan compares

By the 2011 count Belbathan is the 92nd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 383 residents. Its 75 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Belbathan

The census records public bus service for Belbathan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belbathan from other places

Belbathan lies about 13 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Maharajpur, about 3.5 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 Belbathan
Nearest railway station Maharajpur 3.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Taljhari 10 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 13 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 13 km

Villages closest to Belbathan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belbathan village had a population of 169. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 198 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 383 residents.

Belbathan village has 75 males and 94 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belbathan has about 1253 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Belbathan is 816115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belbathan covers 75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belbathan falls under Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Belbathan is Maharajpur, about 3.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Belbathan.

Belbathan is about 13 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belbathan is in Taljhari tehsil of Sahibganj district. Maharajpur is about 3.5 km away. Taljhari is about 10 km away. Sahibganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mehdipokher (under 2 km), Hardi (under 2 km) and Chamdi Bedo (under 2 km).

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

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