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About Bukmarka Village

Bukmarka is a small village in Manpur tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 141, made up of 66 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,136 females per 1000 males. The village covers 915.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491229, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bukmarka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bukmarka village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Manpur
Pincode 491229
Area (hectares) 915.06 hectares
Population 141
Male Population 66
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,136
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bukmarka compares

By the 2011 count Bukmarka is the 139th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 528 residents. Its 915.06 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Bukmarka

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

Bukmarka lies about 84 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Gudum, about 48 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 Bukmarka
Tehsil headquarters Manpur 13 km
Nearest railway station Gudum 48 km
Nearest town Dalli Rājhara 49 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 84 km

Villages closest to Bukmarka

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

Common questions about Bukmarka

As per the Census of India 2011, Bukmarka village had a population of 141. That makes it the 139th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 528 residents.

Bukmarka village has 66 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bukmarka has about 1136 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Bukmarka is 491229. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bukmarka covers 915.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bukmarka falls under Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bukmarka is Gudum, about 48 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 10+ km distance for Bukmarka.

Bukmarka is about 84 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bukmarka is in Manpur tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Manpur is about 13 km away. Gudum is about 48 km away. Dalli Rājhara is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sambalpur (3.4 km), Pugada (4.6 km) and Gattegahan (4.7 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Bukmarka today is likely to be higher.

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