About Bakshanpur Village

Bakshanpur is a small village in Sikandra tehsil, in the district of Jamui, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 156, made up of 87 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 793 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 811315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakshanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakshanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Jamui
Tehsil	Sikandra
Pincode	811315
Area (hectares)	44 hectares
Population	156
Male Population	87
Female Population	69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	793
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakshanpur compares

By the 2011 count Bakshanpur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents. Its 44 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Bakshanpur

Bakshanpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bakshanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bakshanpur from other places

Bakshanpur lies about 14 km from Jamui, and the nearest railway station is Bashuachak Halt, about 12 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 Bakshanpur
Tehsil headquarters	Sikandra	6.4 km
Nearest railway station	Bashuachak Halt	12 km
District headquarters	Jamui	14 km
Nearest town	Jamūī	14 km

Villages closest to Bakshanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakshanpur village had a population of 156. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,324 residents.

Bakshanpur village has 87 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakshanpur has about 793 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Bakshanpur is 811315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakshanpur covers 44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakshanpur falls under Sikandra tehsil of Jamui district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bakshanpur is Bashuachak Halt, about 12 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bakshanpur.

Bakshanpur is about 14 km from Jamui in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakshanpur is in Sikandra tehsil of Jamui district. Sikandra is about 6.4 km away. Bashuachak Halt is about 12 km away. Jamui is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.