About Belan Village

Belan is a large village in Goalpokhar II tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,054, made up of 2,126 males and 1,928 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Belan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Belan village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Goalpokhar II
Pincode	733208
Area (hectares)	414.8 hectares
Population	4,054
Male Population	2,126
Female Population	1,928
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Belan compares

By the 2011 count Belan is the 13th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 414.8 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

Getting to Belan

Belan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Belan 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Belan from other places

Belan lies about 17 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Hatwar, 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 Belan
Nearest railway station	Hatwar	2.7 km
Nearest town	Kishanganj	6.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Goalpokhar II	17 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	17 km

Villages closest to Belan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Goalpokhar II 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 Belan

As per the Census of India 2011, Belan village had a population of 4,054. That makes it the 13th largest of the 169 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Belan village has 2,126 males and 1,928 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Belan has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Belan is 733208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Belan covers 414.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Belan falls under Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Belan is Hatwar, about 2.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Belan.

Belan is about 17 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Belan is in Goalpokhar II tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Hatwar is about 2.7 km away. Kishanganj is about 6.4 km away. Goalpokhar II is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.