About Bakma Village

Bakma is a mid sized village in Mahasamund tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 915, made up of 472 males and 443 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 635.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493449, 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	Mahasamund
Pincode	493449
Area (hectares)	635.44 hectares
Population	915
Male Population	472
Female Population	443
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
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 the 84th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 635.44 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

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 7.6 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Arand, about 7.2 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 Bakma
Nearest railway station	Arand	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mahasamund	7.6 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	7.6 km

Villages closest to Bakma

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Mahasamund 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 915. That makes it the 84th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Bakma village has 472 males and 443 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakma has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Bakma is 493449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakma covers 635.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakma falls under Mahasamund tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bakma is Arand, about 7.2 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 7.6 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 Mahasamund tehsil of Mahasamund district. Arand is about 7.2 km away. Mahasamund is about 7.6 km away. Mahāsamund is about 7.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.