About Belara Village

Belara is a mid sized village in Sitamau tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,178, made up of 587 males and 591 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 430.85 hectares hectares.

Belara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Mandsaur
Tehsil	Sitamau
Area (hectares)	430.85 hectares
Population	1,178
Male Population	587
Female Population	591
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belara compares

By the 2011 count Belara is the 53rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents. Its 430.85 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Belara

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

Belara lies about 41 km from Mandsaur, and the nearest railway station is Chowmahala, about 16 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 Belara
Tehsil headquarters	Sitamau	12 km
Nearest railway station	Chowmahala	16 km
Nearest town	Shāmgarh	25 km
District headquarters	Mandsaur	41 km

Villages closest to Belara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belara village had a population of 1,178. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 157 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,114 residents.

Belara village has 587 males and 591 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belara has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Belara covers 430.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belara falls under Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belara is Chowmahala, about 16 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 Belara.

Belara is about 41 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belara is in Sitamau tehsil of Mandsaur district. Sitamau is about 12 km away. Chowmahala is about 16 km away. Shāmgarh is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.