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About Belkundi Village

Belkundi is a large village in Purulia I tehsil, in the district of Puruliya, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,183, made up of 1,656 males and 1,527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 593.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 723149, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belkundi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belkundi village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Puruliya
Tehsil Purulia I
Pincode 723149
Area (hectares) 593.68 hectares
Population 3,183
Male Population 1,656
Female Population 1,527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Belkundi compares

By the 2011 count Belkundi is the 10th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,386 residents. Its 593.68 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

Getting to Belkundi

Belkundi 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 Belkundi 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 <5 km distance. The nearest villages by name are Bamra, Banshra, Baraghutu and Barakdi. 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 Belkundi

As per the Census of India 2011, Belkundi village had a population of 3,183. That makes it the 10th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,386 residents.

Belkundi village has 1,656 males and 1,527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belkundi has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Belkundi is 723149. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belkundi covers 593.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Belkundi falls under Purulia I tehsil of Puruliya district in West Bengal.

The census record for Belkundi notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Belkundi.

Belkundi is in Purulia I tehsil of Puruliya 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 Belkundi today is likely to be higher.

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