About Belse Village

Belse is a large village in Ankola tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,715, made up of 1,368 males and 1,347 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1394.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581357, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belse Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belse village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Uttara Kannada
Tehsil	Ankola
Pincode	581357
Area (hectares)	1394.43 hectares
Population	2,715
Male Population	1,368
Female Population	1,347
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	985
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Belse compares

By the 2011 count Belse is the 5th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 979 residents. Its 1394.43 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 969.

Getting to Belse

Belse is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belse as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belse from other places

Belse lies about 25 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 2.7 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 Belse
Nearest railway station	Mirjan	2.7 km
Nearest town	Kumta	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ankola	22 km
District headquarters	Uttara Kannada	25 km

Villages closest to Belse

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belse village had a population of 2,715. That makes it the 5th largest of the 77 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 979 residents.

Belse village has 1,368 males and 1,347 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belse has about 985 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Belse is 581357. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belse covers 1394.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belse falls under Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belse is Mirjan, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Belse.

Belse is about 25 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belse is in Ankola tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Mirjan is about 2.7 km away. Kumta is about 6.4 km away. Ankola is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.