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About Belawa Village

Belawa is a large village in Maharajganj tehsil, in the district of Mahrajganj, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,197, made up of 1,610 males and 1,587 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 986 females per 1000 males. The village covers 307.25 hectares hectares.

Belawa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belawa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Mahrajganj
Tehsil Maharajganj
Area (hectares) 307.25 hectares
Population 3,197
Male Population 1,610
Female Population 1,587
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 986
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Belawa compares

By the 2011 count Belawa is the 100th largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,521 residents. Its 307.25 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 955.

Getting to Belawa

The census records public bus service for Belawa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belawa from other places

Belawa lies about 46 km from Mahrajganj, and the nearest railway station is Mahuawa Khurd, about 7.1 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 Belawa
Nearest railway station Mahuawa Khurd 7.1 km
Nearest town Gorakhpur 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Maharajganj 27 km
District headquarters Mahrajganj 46 km

Villages closest to Belawa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belawa village had a population of 3,197. That makes it the 100th largest of the 397 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,521 residents.

Belawa village has 1,610 males and 1,587 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belawa has about 986 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 955.

Belawa covers 307.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Belawa falls under Maharajganj tehsil of Mahrajganj district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belawa is Mahuawa Khurd, about 7.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Belawa.

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

Belawa is in Maharajganj tehsil of Mahrajganj district. Mahuawa Khurd is about 7.1 km away. Gorakhpur is about 24 km away. Maharajganj is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sohawal (under 2 km), Rudalapur Bhaluhi (2.7 km) and Parasia Indarpur (3.8 km).

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

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