About Belkar Village

Belkar is a mid sized village in Ikauna tehsil, in the district of Shrawasti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,974, made up of 1,073 males and 901 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 840 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271845, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belkar village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shrawasti
Tehsil	Ikauna
Pincode	271845
Area (hectares)	300.91 hectares
Population	1,974
Male Population	1,073
Female Population	901
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	840
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 Belkar compares

By the 2011 count Belkar is the 83rd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,849 residents. Its 300.91 hectares work out to about 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 883.

Getting to Belkar

Belkar is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Belkar 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 Belkar from other places

Belkar lies about 6.3 km from Shrawasti, and the nearest railway station is Jharkhandi, about 29 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 Belkar
District headquarters	Shrawasti	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ikauna	9.7 km
Nearest town	Bhinga	10 km
Nearest railway station	Jharkhandi	29 km

Villages closest to Belkar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belkar village had a population of 1,974. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,849 residents.

Belkar village has 1,073 males and 901 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belkar has about 840 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 883.

The pincode recorded for Belkar is 271845. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belkar covers 300.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.6 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Belkar falls under Ikauna tehsil of Shrawasti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Belkar is Jharkhandi, about 29 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 Belkar.

Belkar is about 6.3 km from Shrawasti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belkar is in Ikauna tehsil of Shrawasti district. Shrawasti is about 6.3 km away. Ikauna is about 9.7 km away. Bhinga is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.