About Bakalo Village

Bakalo is a mid sized village in Premnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,909, made up of 918 males and 991 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,080 females per 1000 males. The village covers 954.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakalo Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakalo village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Premnagar
Pincode	497116
Area (hectares)	954.67 hectares
Population	1,909
Male Population	918
Female Population	991
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,080
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakalo compares

By the 2011 count Bakalo is the 9th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents. Its 954.67 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 998.

Getting to Bakalo

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

Bakalo lies about 47 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Bishrampur, about 32 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 Bakalo
Tehsil headquarters	Premnagar	5.9 km
Nearest town	Surajpur	28 km
Nearest railway station	Bishrampur	32 km
District headquarters	Surguja	47 km

Villages closest to Bakalo

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakalo village had a population of 1,909. That makes it the 9th largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,301 residents.

Bakalo village has 918 males and 991 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakalo has about 1080 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Bakalo is 497116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakalo covers 954.67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakalo falls under Premnagar tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bakalo is Bishrampur, about 32 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 Bakalo.

Bakalo is about 47 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakalo is in Premnagar tehsil of Surguja district. Premnagar is about 5.9 km away. Surajpur is about 28 km away. Bishrampur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.