About Baksara Village

Baksara is a large village in Poreyahat tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,330, made up of 1,244 males and 1,086 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 873 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174 hectares hectares.

Baksara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baksara village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Godda
Tehsil	Poreyahat
Area (hectares)	174 hectares
Population	2,330
Male Population	1,244
Female Population	1,086
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	873
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Baksara compares

By the 2011 count Baksara is the 16th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 174 hectares work out to about 13 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Baksara

Baksara 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 Baksara as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Baksara from other places

Baksara lies about 9.8 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Behrajor, about 7.4 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 Baksara
Nearest railway station	Behrajor	7.4 km
District headquarters	Godda	9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Poreyahat	14 km

Villages closest to Baksara

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.

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Common questions about Baksara

As per the Census of India 2011, Baksara village had a population of 2,330. That makes it the 16th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Baksara village has 1,244 males and 1,086 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baksara has about 873 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Baksara covers 174 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 13 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Baksara falls under Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Baksara is Behrajor, about 7.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Baksara.

Baksara is about 9.8 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Baksara is in Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district. Behrajor is about 7.4 km away. Godda is about 9.8 km away. Poreyahat is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.