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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
kailashi devi kaurav
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- LGD code
- 453658
- Pincode
- 477445
- Post office
- Lahar
- Population
- 1,034
- Households
- 190
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Sex ratio
- 830 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 346
- Distance to district centre
- 36 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 7 km
- Distance to Bhopal
- 334 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 333 km
- Nearest railway station
- Erach Road · 28 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Renu Sharma Hospital · 4 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Belma compares
By population, Belma ranks #58 of 147 villages in Lahar mandal.
Literacy rate
%
70.9%
+10.3% vs mandal average
- Belma
- 70.9%
- Lahar mandal
- 60.6%
- Bhind district
- 64.3%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
830
−1 vs mandal average
- Belma
- 830
- Lahar mandal
- 831
Household size
people per home
5.4
+0.1 vs mandal average
- Belma
- 5.4
- Lahar mandal
- 5.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Belma at a glance
Belma is a village of 1,034 people in 190 households (Census 2011) in Lahar tehsil, Bhind district, Madhya Pradesh, the 58th-largest of 147 villages in Lahar tehsil. Literacy is 71%, 10 points above the tehsil average of 61% and the sex ratio is 830 women per 1,000 men. It lies 36 km from the Bhind district centre, 5 km from Jauri, the nearest town, 28 km from Erach Road railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 477445, served by Lahar post office; the LGD village code is 453658. The nearest hospital or health centre is Renu Sharma Hospital, 4 km away. The sarpanch is kailashi devi kaurav, and the village votes in Lahar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ambrish Sharma (Guddu). The population is estimated at 1,219 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Belma
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 10
- Power hours (winter)
- 10
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- ALAMPUR
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 7
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 88
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 33
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Total area (ha)
- 465.87
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 412.35
- Forest area (ha)
- 0
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Key facts — Belma
- LGD code
- 453658
- Pincode
- 477445
- Post office
- Lahar
- Population (Census 2011)
- 1,034
- Population (projected 2026)
- 1,219
- Households
- 190
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 830
- Literacy rate
- 70.9%
- Coordinates
- 25.97582°N, 78.81473°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Bhind
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Lahar
- Member of Parliament
- Sandhya Ray
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Ambrish Sharma (Guddu)
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- kailashi devi kaurav
- Block / Mandal
- Lahar
Getting there
How to reach Belma
Distance to cities · straight line
- Bhopal334 kmcapital
- Delhi333 km
- Hyderabad956 km
- Mumbai980 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationErach Road28 km
- Hospital / PHCRenu Sharma Hospital4 km
- ATM / bankSBI27 km
- Petrol pumpIndian Oil27 km
- CollegeRastrakavi Maithlisharan Gupt Mahavidyalaya chirgaon44 km
- Police stationPolice Station ,Chirgaon45 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Mandi prices: Agmarknet via data.gov.in, 2026-09-25
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)