About Baksipur Village

Baksipur is a mid sized village in Ketar tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 609, made up of 311 males and 298 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 958 females per 1000 males. The village covers 232 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baksipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baksipur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Ketar
Pincode	822112
Area (hectares)	232 hectares
Population	609
Male Population	311
Female Population	298
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	958
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Baksipur compares

By the 2011 count Baksipur is the 27th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents. Its 232 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

Getting to Baksipur

Baksipur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baksipur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Baksipur from other places

Baksipur lies about 41 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Nagar Untari, about 24 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 Baksipur
Tehsil headquarters	Ketar	5.0 km
Nearest railway station	Nagar Untari	24 km
Nearest town	Husainābād	40 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	41 km

Villages closest to Baksipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baksipur village had a population of 609. That makes it the 27th largest of the 31 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,639 residents.

Baksipur village has 311 males and 298 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baksipur has about 958 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 934.

The pincode recorded for Baksipur is 822112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baksipur covers 232 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Baksipur falls under Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baksipur is Nagar Untari, about 24 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 5 - 10 km distance for Baksipur.

Baksipur is about 41 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baksipur is in Ketar tehsil of Garhwa district. Ketar is about 5.0 km away. Nagar Untari is about 24 km away. Husainābād is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.