About Bakwa Village

Bakwa is a large village in Ramnagar tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,226, made up of 1,198 males and 1,028 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845106, 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	Ramnagar
Pincode	845106
Area (hectares)	278 hectares
Population	2,226
Male Population	1,198
Female Population	1,028
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
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 28th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,621 residents. Its 278 hectares work out to about 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

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
Tehsil headquarters	Ramnagar	10 km
Nearest town	Rāmnagar	10 km
Nearest railway station	Harinagar	11 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 Ramnagar 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 2,226. That makes it the 28th largest of the 117 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,621 residents.

Bakwa village has 1,198 males and 1,028 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakwa has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 938.

The pincode recorded for Bakwa is 845106. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakwa covers 278 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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