About Bakeli Village

Bakeli is a mid sized village in Kharsia tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 608, made up of 309 males and 299 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 200.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakeli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakeli village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Raigarh
Tehsil	Kharsia
Pincode	496661
Area (hectares)	200.67 hectares
Population	608
Male Population	309
Female Population	299
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	968
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bakeli compares

By the 2011 count Bakeli is the 91st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 200.67 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1015.

Getting to Bakeli

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

Bakeli lies about 38 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Jharadih, about under 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 Bakeli
Nearest railway station	Jharadih	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kharsia	6.9 km
Nearest town	Saktī	8.7 km
District headquarters	Raigarh	38 km

Villages closest to Bakeli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakeli village had a population of 608. That makes it the 91st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Bakeli village has 309 males and 299 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakeli has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1015.

The pincode recorded for Bakeli is 496661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakeli covers 200.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakeli falls under Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bakeli is Jharadih, about under 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 Bakeli.

Bakeli is about 38 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakeli is in Kharsia tehsil of Raigarh district. Jharadih is about under 2 km away. Kharsia is about 6.9 km away. Saktī is about 8.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.