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About Belekuri Village

Belekuri is a mid sized village in Saltora tehsil, in the district of Bankura, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 937, made up of 497 males and 440 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 885 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 722143, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belekuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belekuri village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Bankura
Tehsil Saltora
Pincode 722143
Area (hectares) 216.39 hectares
Population 937
Male Population 497
Female Population 440
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 885
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belekuri compares

By the 2011 count Belekuri is the 56th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 939 residents. Its 216.39 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

Getting to Belekuri

Belekuri is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Belekuri 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 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Barasal, Bardubi, Barkona and Behari. 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 Belekuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Belekuri village had a population of 937. That makes it the 56th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 939 residents.

Belekuri village has 497 males and 440 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belekuri has about 885 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Belekuri is 722143. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belekuri covers 216.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belekuri falls under Saltora tehsil of Bankura district in West Bengal.

The census record for Belekuri notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ 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 Belekuri.

Belekuri is in Saltora 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 Belekuri today is likely to be higher.

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