About Bakwa Village

Bakwa is a large village in Bagaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,991, made up of 1,600 males and 1,391 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 448.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil	Bagaha
Pincode	845101
Area (hectares)	448.8 hectares
Population	2,991
Male Population	1,600
Female Population	1,391
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
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 Bakwa compares

By the 2011 count Bakwa is the 29th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents. Its 448.8 hectares work out to about 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

Getting to Bakwa

Bakwa is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bakwa 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 Bakwa from other places

Bakwa lies about 33 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Harinagar, about 11 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 Bakwa
Nearest town	Rāmnagar	10 km
Nearest railway station	Harinagar	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagaha	29 km
District headquarters	Pashchim Champaran	33 km

Villages closest to Bakwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakwa village had a population of 2,991. That makes it the 29th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,334 residents.

Bakwa village has 1,600 males and 1,391 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakwa has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 907.

The pincode recorded for Bakwa is 845101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakwa covers 448.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bakwa falls under Bagaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Bakwa is Harinagar, about 11 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 Bakwa.

Bakwa is about 33 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakwa is in Bagaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Rāmnagar is about 10 km away. Harinagar is about 11 km away. Bagaha is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.