About Bakrai Village

Bakrai is a mid sized village in Rath tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,342, made up of 722 males and 620 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210431, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakrai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakrai village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Rath
Pincode	210431
Area (hectares)	433.16 hectares
Population	1,342
Male Population	722
Female Population	620
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakrai compares

By the 2011 count Bakrai is the 49th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents. Its 433.16 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

Getting to Bakrai

Bakrai is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bakrai as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bakrai from other places

Bakrai lies about 34 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Olinda, about 5.0 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 Bakrai
Nearest railway station	Olinda	5.0 km
Nearest town	Nangal	7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rath	34 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	34 km

Villages closest to Bakrai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakrai village had a population of 1,342. That makes it the 49th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,494 residents.

Bakrai village has 722 males and 620 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakrai has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

The pincode recorded for Bakrai is 210431. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakrai covers 433.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakrai falls under Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakrai is Olinda, about 5.0 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bakrai.

Bakrai is about 34 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakrai is in Rath tehsil of Hamirpur district. Olinda is about 5.0 km away. Nangal is about 7.1 km away. Rath is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.