About Bele Village

Bele is a large village in Karvir tehsil, in the district of Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,800, made up of 1,480 males and 1,320 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 892 females per 1000 males. The village covers 503.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 416001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bele Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bele village
Description	Value
State	Maharashtra
District	Kolhapur
Tehsil	Karvir
Pincode	416001
Area (hectares)	503.91 hectares
Population	2,800
Male Population	1,480
Female Population	1,320
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	892
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bele compares

By the 2011 count Bele is the 50th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,157 residents. Its 503.91 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Bele

Bele is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bele as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bele from other places

Bele lies about 19 km from Kolhapur, and the nearest railway station is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 20 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 Bele
Nearest town	Pachgaon	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Karvir	19 km
District headquarters	Kolhapur	19 km
Nearest railway station	Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus	20 km

Villages closest to Bele

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bele village had a population of 2,800. That makes it the 50th largest of the 121 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,157 residents.

Bele village has 1,480 males and 1,320 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bele has about 892 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Bele is 416001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bele covers 503.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bele falls under Karvir tehsil of Kolhapur district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Bele is Shri Chatrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus, about 20 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bele.

Bele is about 19 km from Kolhapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bele is in Karvir tehsil of Kolhapur district. Pachgaon is about 15 km away. Karvir is about 19 km away. Kolhapur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.