About Bakonta Village

Bakonta is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 154, made up of 79 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 949 females per 1000 males. The village covers 72.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakonta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakonta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Ramshahr
Pincode	174102
Area (hectares)	72.15 hectares
Population	154
Male Population	79
Female Population	75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	949
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakonta compares

By the 2011 count Bakonta is the 75th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 72.15 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Bakonta

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

Bakonta lies about 40 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Bharatgarh, about 15 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 Bakonta
Tehsil headquarters	Ramshahr	4.9 km
Nearest town	Baddi	14 km
Nearest railway station	Bharatgarh	15 km
District headquarters	Solan	40 km

Villages closest to Bakonta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakonta village had a population of 154. That makes it the 75th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Bakonta village has 79 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakonta has about 949 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Bakonta is 174102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakonta covers 72.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakonta falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakonta is Bharatgarh, about 15 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 Bakonta.

Bakonta is about 40 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakonta is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Ramshahr is about 4.9 km away. Baddi is about 14 km away. Bharatgarh is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.