About Belkud Village

Belkud is a large village in Chikodi tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,228, made up of 1,644 males and 1,584 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 790.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belkud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belkud village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Belgaum
Tehsil	Chikodi
Pincode	591222
Area (hectares)	790.5 hectares
Population	3,228
Male Population	1,644
Female Population	1,584
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	964
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belkud compares

By the 2011 count Belkud is the 53rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents. Its 790.5 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Belkud

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

Belkud lies about 74 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Raybag, about 6.6 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 Belkud
Nearest railway station	Raybag	6.6 km
Nearest town	Mudalgi	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chikodi	27 km
District headquarters	Belgaum	74 km

Villages closest to Belkud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belkud village had a population of 3,228. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,865 residents.

Belkud village has 1,644 males and 1,584 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belkud has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Belkud is 591222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belkud covers 790.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belkud falls under Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belkud is Raybag, about 6.6 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 village for Belkud.

Belkud is about 74 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belkud is in Chikodi tehsil of Belgaum district. Raybag is about 6.6 km away. Mudalgi is about 18 km away. Chikodi is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.