About Bakuru Village

Bakuru is a mid sized village in Hukumpeta tehsil, in the district of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,156, made up of 756 males and 400 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 529 females per 1000 males. The village covers 631 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 531077, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakuru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakuru village
Description	Value
State	Andhra Pradesh
District	Visakhapatnam
Tehsil	Hukumpeta
Pincode	531077
Area (hectares)	631 hectares
Population	1,156
Male Population	756
Female Population	400
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	529
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakuru compares

By the 2011 count Bakuru is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 313 residents. Its 631 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1135.

Getting to Bakuru

Bakuru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bakuru as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bakuru from other places

Bakuru lies about 71 km from Visakhapatnam, and the nearest railway station is Araku Valley, about 26 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 Bakuru
Tehsil headquarters	Hukumpeta	9.6 km
Nearest railway station	Araku Valley	26 km
Nearest town	Chodavaram	36 km
District headquarters	Visakhapatnam	71 km

Villages closest to Bakuru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Hukumpeta 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 Bakuru

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakuru village had a population of 1,156. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 313 residents.

Bakuru village has 756 males and 400 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakuru has about 529 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1135.

The pincode recorded for Bakuru is 531077. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakuru covers 631 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakuru falls under Hukumpeta tehsil of Visakhapatnam district in Andhra Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakuru is Araku Valley, about 26 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bakuru.

Bakuru is about 71 km from Visakhapatnam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakuru is in Hukumpeta tehsil of Visakhapatnam district. Hukumpeta is about 9.6 km away. Araku Valley is about 26 km away. Chodavaram is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.