About Belkandi Village

Belkandi is a small village in Jakhnidhar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 83, made up of 37 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,243 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belkandi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belkandi village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Jakhnidhar
Pincode	249123
Area (hectares)	44.63 hectares
Population	83
Male Population	37
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,243
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Belkandi compares

By the 2011 count Belkandi is the 96th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 243 residents. Its 44.63 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1266.

Getting to Belkandi

Belkandi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Belkandi 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belkandi from other places

Belkandi lies about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 32 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 Belkandi
Tehsil headquarters	Jakhnidhar	4.1 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	11 km
Nearest town	Tehri	11 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	32 km

Villages closest to Belkandi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Belkandi village had a population of 83. That makes it the 96th largest of the 131 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 243 residents.

Belkandi village has 37 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belkandi has about 1243 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1266.

The pincode recorded for Belkandi is 249123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belkandi covers 44.63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Belkandi falls under Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Belkandi is Rishikesh, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Belkandi.

Belkandi is about 11 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belkandi is in Jakhnidhar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Jakhnidhar is about 4.1 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 11 km away. Tehri is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.