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About Bakaspur Village

Bakaspur is a mid sized village in Karra tehsil, in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,378, made up of 675 males and 703 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 774.34 hectares hectares.

Bakaspur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakaspur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Khunti
Tehsil Karra
Area (hectares) 774.34 hectares
Population 1,378
Male Population 675
Female Population 703
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,041
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Bakaspur compares

By the 2011 count Bakaspur is the 9th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 610 residents. Its 774.34 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Bakaspur

Bakaspur 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 Bakaspur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bakaspur from other places

Bakaspur lies about 35 km from Khunti, and the nearest railway station is Bakaspur, about under 2 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 Bakaspur
Nearest railway station Bakaspur under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Karra 24 km
District headquarters Khunti 35 km

Villages closest to Bakaspur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakaspur village had a population of 1,378. That makes it the 9th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 610 residents.

Bakaspur village has 675 males and 703 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakaspur has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1001.

Bakaspur covers 774.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakaspur falls under Karra tehsil of Khunti district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bakaspur is Bakaspur, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bakaspur.

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

Bakaspur is in Karra tehsil of Khunti district. Bakaspur is about under 2 km away. Karra is about 24 km away. Khunti 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 Lappa (under 2 km), Chhotka Regre (3.4 km) and Gari (4.1 km).

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

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