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About Belai Village

Belai is a large village in Bina tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,036, made up of 1,076 males and 960 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1128.78 hectares hectares.

Belai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Bina
Area (hectares) 1128.78 hectares
Population 2,036
Male Population 1,076
Female Population 960
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 892
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Belai compares

By the 2011 count Belai is the 8th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 1128.78 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 900.

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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belai from other places

Belai lies about 68 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Agasod, about under 2 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 railway station Agasod under 2 km
Nearest town Etāwa 6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Bina 8.3 km
District headquarters Sagar 68 km

Villages closest to Belai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belai village had a population of 2,036. That makes it the 8th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Belai village has 1,076 males and 960 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belai has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 900.

Belai covers 1128.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Belai is Agasod, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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 68 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 Bina tehsil of Sagar district. Agasod is about under 2 km away. Etāwa is about 6.4 km away. Bina is about 8.3 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Maliya (1.8 km), Chakk Agasod (1.9 km) and Kankher (1.9 km).

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

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