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About Baghakol Village

Baghakol is a small village in Poreyahat tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 93 males and 93 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 161 hectares hectares.

Baghakol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baghakol village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Poreyahat
Area (hectares) 161 hectares
Population 186
Male Population 93
Female Population 93
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Baghakol compares

By the 2011 count Baghakol is the 171st largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 161 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, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Baghakol

Baghakol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Baghakol as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Baghakol from other places

Baghakol lies about 35 km from Poreyahat, and the nearest railway station is Godda, about 18 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 Baghakol
Nearest railway station Godda 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Poreyahat 35 km

Villages closest to Baghakol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Baghakol village had a population of 186. That makes it the 171st largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Baghakol village has 93 males and 93 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baghakol has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Baghakol covers 161 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.

Baghakol falls under Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baghakol is Godda, about 18 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 and private bus service as Available for Baghakol.

Baghakol is about 35 km from Poreyahat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baghakol is in Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district. Godda is about 18 km away. Poreyahat is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matihani (5.6 km), Harlatikar (6.0 km) and Taratikar (6.0 km).

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

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