About Bela Village

Bela is a small village in Khajni tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 325, made up of 162 males and 163 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,006 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.43 hectares hectares.

Bela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bela village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gorakhpur
Tehsil	Khajni
Area (hectares)	97.43 hectares
Population	325
Male Population	162
Female Population	163
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,006
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bela compares

By the 2011 count Bela is the 469th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 97.43 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Bela

Bela is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bela as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bela from other places

Bela lies about 10 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Jagatbela, about under 2 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 Bela
Nearest railway station	Jagatbela	under 2 km
District headquarters	Gorakhpur	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Khajni	13 km

Villages closest to Bela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bela village had a population of 325. That makes it the 469th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Bela village has 162 males and 163 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bela has about 1006 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 993.

Bela covers 97.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bela falls under Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bela is Jagatbela, about under 2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bela.

Bela is about 10 km from Gorakhpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bela is in Khajni tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Jagatbela is about under 2 km away. Gorakhpur is about 10 km away. Khajni is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.