About Biktam Village

Biktam is a large village in Meral tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,008, made up of 1,057 males and 951 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 654.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Biktam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Biktam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Garhwa
Tehsil	Meral
Pincode	822114
Area (hectares)	654.05 hectares
Population	2,008
Male Population	1,057
Female Population	951
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Biktam compares

By the 2011 count Biktam is the 20th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents. Its 654.05 hectares work out to about 3.1 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 953.

Getting to Biktam

Biktam is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Biktam 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Biktam from other places

Biktam lies about 6.8 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Meralgram, about 5.4 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 Biktam
Nearest railway station	Meralgram	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Meral	5.9 km
District headquarters	Garhwa	6.8 km

Villages closest to Biktam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Biktam village had a population of 2,008. That makes it the 20th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,757 residents.

Biktam village has 1,057 males and 951 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Biktam has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Biktam is 822114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Biktam covers 654.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Biktam falls under Meral tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Biktam is Meralgram, about 5.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Biktam.

Biktam is about 6.8 km from Garhwa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Biktam is in Meral tehsil of Garhwa district. Meralgram is about 5.4 km away. Meral is about 5.9 km away. Garhwa is about 6.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.