# Belama Village, Campierganj, Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/campierganj/belama/

Village · Campierganj, Gorakhpur 

# Belama

Belama is a village in Campierganj sub-district of Gorakhpur district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,269 people in 239 households**, the 98th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 41.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 1,269people (2011)
- 239households
- 41.3%literacy
- 1,037females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Belama

Of every 100 households in Belama in 2011, 8 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Belama · ■ Campierganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**86%

Tap water ****100%**

**37%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**43%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****63%**

**78%

Television ****5%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**14%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****19%**

**8%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Belama?

■ Belama · ■ Campierganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****41.3%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1037**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****853**

**924

Working population ****29.6%**

**33.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.9% for men and 26.1% for women. 37% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (59%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 145 (39%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Campierganj

- Bajaha1,310 people
- Gopalpur1,299 people
- Chhitahi Khurd1,279 people
- Alenabad1,270 people
- Ranadeeh1,268 people
- Ahirauli1,261 people
- Bhainsala1,220 people
- Rampur Kaithwalia1,216 people

[All 217 villages in Campierganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/gorakhpur/campierganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Belama?1,269 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Belama in?Gorakhpur district (Campierganj sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Belama?41.3% (Census 2011)