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About Beleghata Village

Beleghata is a small village in Singur tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 466, made up of 218 males and 248 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,138 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 712409, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Beleghata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beleghata village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Singur
Pincode 712409
Area (hectares) 78.17 hectares
Population 466
Male Population 218
Female Population 248
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,138
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Beleghata compares

By the 2011 count Beleghata is the 88th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,285 residents. Its 78.17 hectares work out to about 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

Getting to Beleghata

The census records public bus service for Beleghata 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Beleghata from other places

Beleghata lies about 38 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Sir Gurudas Banerjee 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 Beleghata
Nearest railway station Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt under 2 km
Nearest town Kolkata 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Singur 31 km
District headquarters Hugli 38 km

Villages closest to Beleghata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Beleghata village had a population of 466. That makes it the 88th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,285 residents.

Beleghata village has 218 males and 248 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beleghata has about 1138 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Beleghata is 712409. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Beleghata covers 78.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Beleghata falls under Singur tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Beleghata is Sir Gurudas Banerjee 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Beleghata.

Beleghata is about 38 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beleghata is in Singur tehsil of Hugli district. Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt is about under 2 km away. Kolkata is about 2.1 km away. Singur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mollasimla (2.5 km), Nasibpur (6.8 km) and Atisara (7.9 km).

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

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