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About Belgaon Village

Belgaon is a mid sized village in Korchi tehsil, in the district of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 703, made up of 357 males and 346 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 969 females per 1000 males. The village covers 346.77 hectares hectares.

Belgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belgaon village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gadchiroli
Tehsil Korchi
Area (hectares) 346.77 hectares
Population 703
Male Population 357
Female Population 346
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 969
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 Belgaon compares

By the 2011 count Belgaon is the 13th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 345 residents. Its 346.77 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1056.

Getting to Belgaon

Belgaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belgaon 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 Belgaon from other places

Belgaon lies about 77 km from Gadchiroli, and the nearest railway station is Dewalgaon, about 52 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 Belgaon
Tehsil headquarters Korchi 5.9 km
Nearest railway station Dewalgaon 52 km
Nearest town Desāīganj 58 km
District headquarters Gadchiroli 77 km

Villages closest to Belgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belgaon village had a population of 703. That makes it the 13th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 345 residents.

Belgaon village has 357 males and 346 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belgaon has about 969 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1056.

Belgaon covers 346.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belgaon falls under Korchi tehsil of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Belgaon is Dewalgaon, about 52 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 Belgaon.

Belgaon is about 77 km from Gadchiroli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belgaon is in Korchi tehsil of Gadchiroli district. Korchi is about 5.9 km away. Dewalgaon is about 52 km away. Desāīganj is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Wadgaon Alias Ganeshpur (1.5 km), Satputi (1.7 km) and Kohaka (2.0 km).

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

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