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About Belaura Village

Belaura is a small village in Sahjanwa tehsil, in the district of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 422, made up of 235 males and 187 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 796 females per 1000 males. The village covers 16.76 hectares hectares.

Belaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belaura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Gorakhpur
Tehsil Sahjanwa
Area (hectares) 16.76 hectares
Population 422
Male Population 235
Female Population 187
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 796
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 Belaura compares

By the 2011 count Belaura is the 221st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents. Its 16.76 hectares work out to about 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Getting to Belaura

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

Belaura lies about 27 km from Gorakhpur, and the nearest railway station is Khalilabad, about 5.2 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 Belaura
Nearest town Khalīlābād 4.0 km
Nearest railway station Khalilabad 5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Sahjanwa 12 km
District headquarters Gorakhpur 27 km

Villages closest to Belaura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belaura village had a population of 422. That makes it the 221st largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,181 residents.

Belaura village has 235 males and 187 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belaura has about 796 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 975.

Belaura covers 16.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 25 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Belaura falls under Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belaura is Khalilabad, about 5.2 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 Belaura.

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

Belaura is in Sahjanwa tehsil of Gorakhpur district. Khalīlābād is about 4.0 km away. Khalilabad is about 5.2 km away. Sahjanwa is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhelura (under 2 km), Ranukhor (under 2 km) and Urwalia (2.0 km).

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

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