About Beli Village

Beli is a small village in Dantan I tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 226, made up of 121 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721426, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Beli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Beli village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Dantan I
Pincode	721426
Area (hectares)	70.75 hectares
Population	226
Male Population	121
Female Population	105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Beli compares

By the 2011 count Beli is the 151st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 915 residents. Its 70.75 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 977.

Getting to Beli

Beli is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Beli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Beli from other places

Beli lies about 7.9 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Madpur, about 2.7 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 Beli
Nearest railway station	Madpur	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dantan I	7.9 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	7.9 km
Nearest town	Kharagpur	9.9 km

Villages closest to Beli

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

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Common questions about Beli

As per the Census of India 2011, Beli village had a population of 226. That makes it the 151st largest of the 178 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 915 residents.

Beli village has 121 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Beli has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 977.

The pincode recorded for Beli is 721426. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Beli covers 70.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Beli falls under Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Beli is Madpur, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it 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 5 - 10 km distance for Beli.

Beli is about 7.9 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Beli is in Dantan I tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Madpur is about 2.7 km away. Dantan I is about 7.9 km away. Paschim Medinipur is about 7.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.