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About Belha Village

Belha is a small village in Maihar tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 193, made up of 92 males and 101 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.4 hectares hectares.

Belha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Maihar
Area (hectares) 196.4 hectares
Population 193
Male Population 92
Female Population 101
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,098
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Belha compares

By the 2011 count Belha is the 217th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 196.4 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Belha

Belha 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 Belha 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 within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belha from other places

Belha lies about 48 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Bhadanpur, about 1.9 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 Belha
Nearest railway station Bhadanpur 1.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Maihar 14 km
District headquarters Satna 48 km

Villages closest to Belha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belha village had a population of 193. That makes it the 217th largest of the 238 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Belha village has 92 males and 101 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belha has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Belha covers 196.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belha falls under Maihar tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belha is Bhadanpur, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Belha is about 48 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belha is in Maihar tehsil of Satna district. Bhadanpur is about 1.9 km away. Maihar is about 14 km away. Satna is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusedi (under 2 km), Paraswara (2.1 km) and Lohi (2.2 km).

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

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