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About Belun Village

Belun is a small village in Goghat II tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 344, made up of 182 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 142.85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712611, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belun Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belun village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Goghat II
Pincode 712611
Area (hectares) 142.85 hectares
Population 344
Male Population 182
Female Population 162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 890
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Belun compares

By the 2011 count Belun is the 96th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents. Its 142.85 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 955.

Getting to Belun

Belun is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belun 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 Bahagal, Balitakunda, Bara Salabeltala and Beldiha. 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 Belun

As per the Census of India 2011, Belun village had a population of 344. That makes it the 96th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,460 residents.

Belun village has 182 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belun has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 955.

The pincode recorded for Belun is 712611. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belun covers 142.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belun falls under Goghat II tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The census record for Belun 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 Belun.

Belun is in Goghat II tehsil of Hugli 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 Belun today is likely to be higher.

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