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About Belur Village

Belur is a mid sized village in Karwar tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 615, made up of 322 males and 293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1360.23 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581400, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belur village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Karwar
Pincode 581400
Area (hectares) 1360.23 hectares
Population 615
Male Population 322
Female Population 293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 910
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belur compares

By the 2011 count Belur is the 27th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents. Its 1360.23 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Belur

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

Belur lies about 38 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Karwar, about 6.9 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 Belur
Nearest railway station Karwar 6.9 km
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 38 km

Villages closest to Belur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belur village had a population of 615. That makes it the 27th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,489 residents.

Belur village has 322 males and 293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belur has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Belur is 581400. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belur covers 1360.23 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belur falls under Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Belur is Karwar, about 6.9 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 Belur.

Belur is about 38 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belur is in Karwar tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Karwar is about 6.9 km away. Uttara Kannada is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bargal (2.7 km), Devalmakki (3.1 km) and Nagekove (3.4 km).

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

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