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About Belewal Village

Belewal is a mid sized village in Dhuri tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 911, made up of 487 males and 424 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 367.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belewal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belewal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Dhuri
Pincode 148024
Area (hectares) 367.07 hectares
Population 911
Male Population 487
Female Population 424
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 871
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Belewal compares

By the 2011 count Belewal is the 84th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents. Its 367.07 hectares work out to about 2.5 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 886.

Getting to Belewal

Belewal is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belewal 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belewal from other places

Belewal lies about 27 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Himmatana, about 6.7 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 Belewal
Nearest railway station Himmatana 6.7 km
Nearest town Māler Kotla 8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhuri 13 km
District headquarters Sangrur 27 km

Villages closest to Belewal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belewal village had a population of 911. That makes it the 84th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents.

Belewal village has 487 males and 424 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belewal has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 886.

The pincode recorded for Belewal is 148024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belewal covers 367.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belewal falls under Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Belewal is Himmatana, about 6.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Belewal.

Belewal is about 27 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belewal is in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district. Himmatana is about 6.7 km away. Māler Kotla is about 8.2 km away. Dhuri is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Banbhori (2.7 km), Jainpur (3.5 km) and Isra (4.1 km).

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

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