About Bakma Village

Bakma is a large village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,059, made up of 1,003 males and 1,056 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 756.95 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakma village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Bagbahra
Pincode	492112
Area (hectares)	756.95 hectares
Population	2,059
Male Population	1,003
Female Population	1,056
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bakma compares

By the 2011 count Bakma is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 756.95 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Bakma

Bakma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bakma as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bakma from other places

Bakma lies about 35 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Komakhan railway station, about 5.1 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 Bakma
Nearest railway station	Komakhan railway station	5.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagbahra	6.9 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	35 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	35 km

Villages closest to Bakma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakma village had a population of 2,059. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Bakma village has 1,003 males and 1,056 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakma has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Bakma is 492112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakma covers 756.95 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakma falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bakma is Komakhan railway station, about 5.1 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bakma.

Bakma is about 35 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakma is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Komakhan railway station is about 5.1 km away. Bagbahra is about 6.9 km away. Mahasamund is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.