About Belai Village

Belai is a small village in Begamganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 215, made up of 120 males and 95 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 792 females per 1000 males. The village covers 199.96 hectares hectares.

Belai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Raisen
Tehsil	Begamganj
Area (hectares)	199.96 hectares
Population	215
Male Population	120
Female Population	95
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	792
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belai compares

By the 2011 count Belai is the 166th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 543 residents. Its 199.96 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

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 village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Belai from other places

Belai lies about 76 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Isarwara, about 28 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 town	Rāhatgarh	7.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Begamganj	14 km
Nearest railway station	Isarwara	28 km
District headquarters	Raisen	76 km

Villages closest to Belai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Begamganj 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 215. That makes it the 166th largest of the 207 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 543 residents.

Belai village has 120 males and 95 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belai has about 792 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 884.

Belai covers 199.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belai falls under Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belai is Isarwara, about 28 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 10+ km distance for Belai.

Belai is about 76 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belai is in Begamganj tehsil of Raisen district. Rāhatgarh is about 7.9 km away. Begamganj is about 14 km away. Isarwara is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.