About Belkur Village

Belkur is a mid sized village in Bansgaon tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,905, made up of 879 males and 1,026 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 139.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 273411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belkur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belkur village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Bansgaon
Pincode	273411
Area (hectares)	139.71 hectares
Population	1,905
Male Population	879
Female Population	1,026
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,167
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 Belkur compares

By the 2011 count Belkur is the 52nd largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 932 residents. Its 139.71 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Belkur

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

Belkur lies about 37 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Dohrighat, 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 Belkur
Nearest town	Rūdarpur	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bansgaon	17 km
Nearest railway station	Dohrighat	20 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	37 km

Villages closest to Belkur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belkur village had a population of 1,905. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 443 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 932 residents.

Belkur village has 879 males and 1,026 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belkur has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1003.

The pincode recorded for Belkur is 273411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belkur covers 139.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Belkur falls under Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belkur is Dohrighat, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Belkur.

Belkur is about 37 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belkur is in Bansgaon tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Rūdarpur is about 14 km away. Bansgaon is about 17 km away. Dohrighat is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.