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About Belara Village

Belara is a mid sized village in Piploda tehsil, in the district of Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 551, made up of 271 males and 280 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 259.84 hectares hectares.

Belara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belara village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ratlam
Tehsil Piploda
Area (hectares) 259.84 hectares
Population 551
Male Population 271
Female Population 280
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belara compares

By the 2011 count Belara is the 67th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents. Its 259.84 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Getting to Belara

Belara is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Belara from other places

Belara lies about 41 km from Ratlam, and the nearest railway station is Mundalaram, about 14 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 Piploda 9.9 km
Nearest railway station Mundalaram 14 km
Nearest town Jaora 17 km
District headquarters Ratlam 41 km

Villages closest to Belara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belara village had a population of 551. That makes it the 67th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,445 residents.

Belara village has 271 males and 280 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belara has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 973.

Belara covers 259.84 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belara falls under Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belara is Mundalaram, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Belara.

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

Belara is in Piploda tehsil of Ratlam district. Piploda is about 9.9 km away. Mundalaram is about 14 km away. Jaora is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramgarh (under 2 km), Pipliya (under 2 km) and Bhakar Khedi (1.8 km).

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

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