About Bela Village

Bela is a large village in Kotar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,615, made up of 1,339 males and 1,276 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1630.57 hectares hectares.

Bela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bela village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Satna
Tehsil	Kotar
Area (hectares)	1630.57 hectares
Population	2,615
Male Population	1,339
Female Population	1,276
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Bela compares

By the 2011 count Bela is the 6th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 1630.57 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Bela

Bela is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bela as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bela from other places

Bela lies about 30 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Turki, 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 Bela
Nearest railway station	Turki	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kotar	14 km
Nearest town	Rewa	23 km
District headquarters	Satna	30 km

Villages closest to Bela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bela village had a population of 2,615. That makes it the 6th largest of the 76 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Bela village has 1,339 males and 1,276 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bela has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 925.

Bela covers 1630.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bela falls under Kotar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bela is Turki, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bela.

Bela is about 30 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bela is in Kotar tehsil of Satna district. Turki is about 12 km away. Kotar is about 14 km away. Rewa is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.