About Bakijor Village

Bakijor is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 89, made up of 44 males and 45 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,023 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakijor Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakijor village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	77.19 hectares
Population	89
Male Population	44
Female Population	45
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,023
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 Bakijor compares

By the 2011 count Bakijor is the 116th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 77.19 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Bakijor

Bakijor is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bakijor 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 Bakijor from other places

Bakijor lies about 13 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Barmasia, about 2.4 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 Bakijor
Nearest railway station	Barmasia	2.4 km
District headquarters	Dumka	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	25 km

Villages closest to Bakijor

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakijor village had a population of 89. That makes it the 116th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Bakijor village has 44 males and 45 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakijor has about 1023 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Bakijor is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakijor covers 77.19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakijor falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bakijor is Barmasia, about 2.4 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 Bakijor.

Bakijor is about 13 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakijor is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Barmasia is about 2.4 km away. Dumka is about 13 km away. Gopikandar is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.