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About Belmuri Village

Belmuri is a large village in Dhaniakhali tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,836, made up of 1,408 males and 1,428 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,014 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belmuri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belmuri village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Dhaniakhali
Pincode 712302
Area (hectares) 171.19 hectares
Population 2,836
Male Population 1,408
Female Population 1,428
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,014
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Belmuri compares

By the 2011 count Belmuri is the 23rd largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents. Its 171.19 hectares work out to about 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Belmuri

Belmuri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Belmuri as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belmuri from other places

Belmuri lies about 26 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Dhaniakhali Halt, about under 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 Belmuri
Nearest railway station Dhaniakhali Halt under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhaniakhali 6.2 km
Nearest town Tarakeswar 16 km
District headquarters Hugli 26 km

Villages closest to Belmuri

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

Common questions about Belmuri

As per the Census of India 2011, Belmuri village had a population of 2,836. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,498 residents.

Belmuri village has 1,408 males and 1,428 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belmuri has about 1014 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Belmuri is 712302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belmuri covers 171.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 17 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Belmuri falls under Dhaniakhali tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Belmuri is Dhaniakhali Halt, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Belmuri.

Belmuri is about 26 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belmuri is in Dhaniakhali tehsil of Hugli district. Dhaniakhali Halt is about under 2 km away. Dhaniakhali is about 6.2 km away. Tarakeswar is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makhalpur (1.9 km), Bagnan (1.9 km) and Majinan (4.4 km).

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

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