About Belgaon Village

Belgaon is a mid sized village in Lanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 996, made up of 475 males and 521 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,097 females per 1000 males. The village covers 285.63 hectares hectares.

Belgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belgaon village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Balaghat
Tehsil	Lanji
Area (hectares)	285.63 hectares
Population	996
Male Population	475
Female Population	521
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,097
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Belgaon compares

By the 2011 count Belgaon is the 70th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 285.63 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Belgaon

Belgaon is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Belgaon 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belgaon from other places

Belgaon lies about 54 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Salekasa, about 37 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
Tehsil headquarters	Lanji	16 km
Nearest railway station	Salekasa	37 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	39 km
District headquarters	Balaghat	54 km

Villages closest to Belgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belgaon village had a population of 996. That makes it the 70th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Belgaon village has 475 males and 521 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belgaon has about 1097 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Belgaon covers 285.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Belgaon is Salekasa, about 37 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

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

Belgaon is about 54 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 Lanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Lanji is about 16 km away. Salekasa is about 37 km away. Khairāgarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.