About Bakchoma Village

Bakchoma is a mid sized village in Simaria tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,288, made up of 688 males and 600 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 168 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakchoma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakchoma village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Simaria
Pincode	825103
Area (hectares)	168 hectares
Population	1,288
Male Population	688
Female Population	600
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakchoma compares

By the 2011 count Bakchoma is the 30th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 168 hectares work out to about 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Bakchoma

Bakchoma is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bakchoma as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bakchoma from other places

Bakchoma lies about 21 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 13 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 Bakchoma
Tehsil headquarters	Simaria	3.1 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	13 km
District headquarters	Chatra	21 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	21 km

Villages closest to Bakchoma

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakchoma village had a population of 1,288. That makes it the 30th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Bakchoma village has 688 males and 600 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakchoma has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Bakchoma is 825103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakchoma covers 168 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.7 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Bakchoma falls under Simaria tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bakchoma is Shivpur, about 13 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bakchoma.

Bakchoma is about 21 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakchoma is in Simaria tehsil of Chatra district. Simaria is about 3.1 km away. Shivpur is about 13 km away. Chatra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.