About Belai Village

Belai is a small village in Banda tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 492, made up of 282 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 745 females per 1000 males. The village covers 321.32 hectares hectares.

Belai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Banda
Area (hectares)	321.32 hectares
Population	492
Male Population	282
Female Population	210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	745
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belai compares

By the 2011 count Belai is the 111th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents. Its 321.32 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 893.

Getting to Belai

Belai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belai as Available within 5 - 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 Belai from other places

Belai lies about 28 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Dangidahar, about 11 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
Tehsil headquarters	Banda	9.3 km
Nearest railway station	Dangidahar	11 km
District headquarters	Sagar	28 km

Villages closest to Belai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Banda 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 492. That makes it the 111th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents.

Belai village has 282 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belai has about 745 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Belai covers 321.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belai falls under Banda tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belai is Dangidahar, about 11 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Belai.

Belai is about 28 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belai is in Banda tehsil of Sagar district. Banda is about 9.3 km away. Dangidahar is about 11 km away. Sagar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.