About Bakawand Village

Bakawand is a large village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,048, made up of 1,403 males and 1,645 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,172 females per 1000 males. The village covers 574.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakawand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakawand village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Bakavand
Pincode	494222
Area (hectares)	574.1 hectares
Population	3,048
Male Population	1,403
Female Population	1,645
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,172
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakawand compares

By the 2011 count Bakawand is the 12th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 574.1 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Bakawand

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

Bakawand lies about 19 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 24 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 Bakawand
Tehsil headquarters	Bakavand	19 km
District headquarters	Bastar	19 km
Nearest town	Jagdalpur	23 km
Nearest railway station	Amagura	24 km

Villages closest to Bakawand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakawand village had a population of 3,048. That makes it the 12th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Bakawand village has 1,403 males and 1,645 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakawand has about 1172 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Bakawand is 494222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakawand covers 574.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakawand falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bakawand is Amagura, about 24 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Bakawand.

Bakawand is about 19 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakawand is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 19 km away. Bastar is about 19 km away. Jagdalpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.