About Belai Village

Belai is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,291, made up of 695 males and 596 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 928 hectares hectares.

Belai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Mungaoli
Area (hectares)	928 hectares
Population	1,291
Male Population	695
Female Population	596
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belai compares

By the 2011 count Belai is the 39th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 928 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Belai

Belai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belai as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Belai from other places

Belai lies about 63 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Agasod, about under 2 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 Belai
Nearest railway station	Agasod	under 2 km
Nearest town	Etāwa	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mungaoli	24 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	63 km

Villages closest to Belai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belai village had a population of 1,291. That makes it the 39th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Belai village has 695 males and 596 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belai has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 888.

Belai covers 928 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belai falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belai is Agasod, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Belai.

Belai is about 63 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belai is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Agasod is about under 2 km away. Etāwa is about 6.4 km away. Mungaoli is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.