About Belai Village

Belai is a mid sized village in Garhakota tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 579, made up of 298 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 943 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163 hectares hectares.

Belai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belai village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Garhakota
Area (hectares)	163 hectares
Population	579
Male Population	298
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	943
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 53rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 866 residents. Its 163 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

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 41 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Patharia, about 12 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	Garhakota	2.9 km
Nearest town	Garhākota	2.9 km
Nearest railway station	Patharia	12 km
District headquarters	Sagar	41 km

Villages closest to Belai

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garhakota 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 579. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 866 residents.

Belai village has 298 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belai has about 943 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 908.

Belai covers 163 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Belai is Patharia, about 12 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 41 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 Garhakota tehsil of Sagar district. Garhakota is about 2.9 km away. Garhākota is about 2.9 km away. Patharia is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.