About Belkera Village

Belkera is a large village in Homnabad tehsil, in the district of Bidar, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,932, made up of 1,473 males and 1,459 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1649.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585412, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belkera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belkera village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Bidar
Tehsil	Homnabad
Pincode	585412
Area (hectares)	1649.83 hectares
Population	2,932
Male Population	1,473
Female Population	1,459
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	990
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belkera compares

By the 2011 count Belkera is the 27th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,188 residents. Its 1649.83 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Belkera

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

Belkera lies about 36 km from Bidar, and the nearest railway station is Nandagaon, about 11 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 Belkera
Nearest town	Chitaguppa	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Nandagaon	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Homnabad	15 km
District headquarters	Bidar	36 km

Villages closest to Belkera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belkera village had a population of 2,932. That makes it the 27th largest of the 81 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,188 residents.

Belkera village has 1,473 males and 1,459 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belkera has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Belkera is 585412. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belkera covers 1649.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belkera falls under Homnabad tehsil of Bidar district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belkera is Nandagaon, about 11 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 Belkera.

Belkera is about 36 km from Bidar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belkera is in Homnabad tehsil of Bidar district. Chitaguppa is about 3.6 km away. Nandagaon is about 11 km away. Homnabad is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.