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About Bakhri Village

Bakhri is a large village in Sameli tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,583, made up of 1,338 males and 1,245 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. The village covers 617.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 854104, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakhri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakhri village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Sameli
Pincode 854104
Area (hectares) 617.93 hectares
Population 2,583
Male Population 1,338
Female Population 1,245
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 930
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bakhri compares

By the 2011 count Bakhri is the 10th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents. Its 617.93 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 905.

Getting to Bakhri

Bakhri is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bakhri as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bakhri from other places

Bakhri lies about 27 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Bakhri, about under 2 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 Bakhri
Nearest railway station Bakhri under 2 km
Nearest town Naugachhia 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Sameli 27 km
District headquarters Katihar 27 km

Villages closest to Bakhri

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

Common questions about Bakhri

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakhri village had a population of 2,583. That makes it the 10th largest of the 23 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents.

Bakhri village has 1,338 males and 1,245 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakhri has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 905.

The pincode recorded for Bakhri is 854104. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakhri covers 617.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakhri falls under Sameli tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bakhri is Bakhri, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bakhri.

Bakhri is about 27 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakhri is in Sameli tehsil of Katihar district. Bakhri is about under 2 km away. Naugachhia is about 24 km away. Sameli is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bakhri Milik (under 2 km), Khonta (2.1 km) and Khonta Milik (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bakhri today is likely to be higher.

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