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About Baghmara Village

Baghmara is a mid sized village in Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil, in the district of Dhanbad, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,587, made up of 852 males and 735 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 61.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 828306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baghmara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baghmara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dhanbad
Tehsil Baghmara Cum Katras
Pincode 828306
Area (hectares) 61.41 hectares
Population 1,587
Male Population 852
Female Population 735
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Baghmara compares

By the 2011 count Baghmara is the 47th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,248 residents. Its 61.41 hectares work out to about 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Baghmara

Baghmara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Baghmara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baghmara from other places

Baghmara lies about 23 km from Dhanbad, and the nearest railway station is Khanudih, about under 2 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 Baghmara
Nearest railway station Khanudih under 2 km
Nearest town Dugda 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Baghmara Cum Katras 23 km
District headquarters Dhanbad 23 km

Villages closest to Baghmara

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Baghmara Cum Katras 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.

Common questions about Baghmara

As per the Census of India 2011, Baghmara village had a population of 1,587. That makes it the 47th largest of the 172 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,248 residents.

Baghmara village has 852 males and 735 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baghmara has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 915.

The pincode recorded for Baghmara is 828306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baghmara covers 61.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Baghmara falls under Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil of Dhanbad district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baghmara is Khanudih, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Baghmara.

Baghmara is about 23 km from Dhanbad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baghmara is in Baghmara Cum Katras tehsil of Dhanbad district. Khanudih is about under 2 km away. Dugda is about 5.9 km away. Baghmara Cum Katras is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bakspura (under 2 km), Dumra (under 2 km) and Bhim Kanari (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Baghmara today is likely to be higher.

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