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About Belkanlia Village

Belkanlia is a small village in Hirbandh tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 92, made up of 45 males and 47 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,044 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belkanlia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belkanlia village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Hirbandh
Pincode 722121
Area (hectares) 47.88 hectares
Population 92
Male Population 45
Female Population 47
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,044
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belkanlia compares

By the 2011 count Belkanlia is the 109th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 716 residents. Its 47.88 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, well above the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Belkanlia

Belkanlia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belkanlia 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bara Gajra, Barkania, Basudebpur and Batikara. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Belkanlia

As per the Census of India 2011, Belkanlia village had a population of 92. That makes it the 109th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 716 residents.

Belkanlia village has 45 males and 47 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belkanlia has about 1044 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Belkanlia is 722121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belkanlia covers 47.88 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.

Belkanlia falls under Hirbandh tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Belkanlia notes the nearest railway station 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 village for Belkanlia.

Belkanlia is in Hirbandh tehsil of Bankura district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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