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About Belgaon Village

Belgaon is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,509, made up of 778 males and 731 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.97 hectares hectares.

Belgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belgaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lalbarra
Area (hectares) 329.97 hectares
Population 1,509
Male Population 778
Female Population 731
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belgaon compares

By the 2011 count Belgaon is the 41st largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 329.97 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Belgaon

Belgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belgaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Belgaon from other places

Belgaon lies about 18 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Magardharra Ph, about 7.1 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 Belgaon
Nearest railway station Magardharra Ph 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalbarra 18 km
District headquarters Balaghat 18 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 18 km

Villages closest to Belgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belgaon village had a population of 1,509. That makes it the 41st largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Belgaon village has 778 males and 731 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belgaon has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Belgaon covers 329.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belgaon falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belgaon is Magardharra Ph, about 7.1 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 km distance for Belgaon.

Belgaon is about 18 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belgaon is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Magardharra Ph is about 7.1 km away. Lalbarra is about 18 km away. Balaghat is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bakoda (under 2 km), Manpur (1.7 km) and Khari (2.5 km).

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

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