About Bakan Village

Bakan is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 333, made up of 149 males and 184 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,235 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawali
Pincode	176225
Area (hectares)	201.56 hectares
Population	333
Male Population	149
Female Population	184
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,235
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakan compares

By the 2011 count Bakan is the 104th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 201.56 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1026.

Getting to Bakan

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

Bakan lies about 19 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 8.5 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 Bakan
Tehsil headquarters	Jawali	7.7 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	8.5 km
District headquarters	Kangra	19 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	23 km

Villages closest to Bakan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakan village had a population of 333. That makes it the 104th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Bakan village has 149 males and 184 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakan has about 1235 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Bakan is 176225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakan covers 201.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakan falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakan is Jawanwala Shahr, about 8.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bakan.

Bakan is about 19 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakan is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Jawali is about 7.7 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 8.5 km away. Kangra is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.