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About Belwar Village

Belwar is a mid sized village in Machhlishahr tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,811, made up of 942 males and 869 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.68 hectares hectares.

Belwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belwar village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Machhlishahr
Area (hectares) 105.68 hectares
Population 1,811
Male Population 942
Female Population 869
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 923
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Belwar compares

By the 2011 count Belwar is the 132nd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents. Its 105.68 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Getting to Belwar

Belwar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Belwar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belwar from other places

Belwar lies about 46 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Gaura railway station, about 13 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 Belwar
Nearest railway station Gaura railway station 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Machhlishahr 22 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 22 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 46 km

Villages closest to Belwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belwar village had a population of 1,811. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,380 residents.

Belwar village has 942 males and 869 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belwar has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1061.

Belwar covers 105.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Belwar falls under Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belwar is Gaura railway station, about 13 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available for Belwar.

Belwar is about 46 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belwar is in Machhlishahr tehsil of Jaunpur district. Gaura railway station is about 13 km away. Machhlishahr is about 22 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tar Patti (under 2 km), Lagadharpur (under 2 km) and Pura Ram Sahai (under 2 km).

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

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