About Belra Village

Belra is one of the larger villages in Roorkee tehsil, in the district of Hardwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,185, made up of 3,778 males and 3,407 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 902 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 247667, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belra village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Hardwar
Tehsil	Roorkee
Pincode	247667
Area (hectares)	395.07 hectares
Population	7,185
Male Population	3,778
Female Population	3,407
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	902
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Belra compares

By the 2011 count Belra is the 14th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents. Its 395.07 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Belra

Belra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Belra from other places

Belra lies about 22 km from Hardwar, and the nearest railway station is Dhandera, about 7.2 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 Belra
Tehsil headquarters	Roorkee	6.0 km
Nearest railway station	Dhandera	7.2 km
District headquarters	Hardwar	22 km

Villages closest to Belra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belra village had a population of 7,185. That makes it the 14th largest of the 258 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,433 residents.

Belra village has 3,778 males and 3,407 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belra has about 902 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 869.

The pincode recorded for Belra is 247667. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belra covers 395.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Belra falls under Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Belra is Dhandera, about 7.2 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 village for Belra.

Belra is about 22 km from Hardwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belra is in Roorkee tehsil of Hardwar district. Roorkee is about 6.0 km away. Dhandera is about 7.2 km away. Hardwar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.