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About Bhaktauli Village

Bhaktauli is a small village in Goilkera tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 166, made up of 74 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,243 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bhaktauli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bhaktauli village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Goilkera
Pincode 833103
Area (hectares) 222.66 hectares
Population 166
Male Population 74
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,243
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bhaktauli compares

By the 2011 count Bhaktauli is the 98th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 698 residents. Its 222.66 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 1008.

Getting to Bhaktauli

Bhaktauli is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bhaktauli 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bhaktauli from other places

Bhaktauli lies about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Derowan, about 8.4 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 Bhaktauli
Nearest railway station Derowan 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Goilkera 14 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 40 km
Nearest town Chakradharpur 41 km

Villages closest to Bhaktauli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bhaktauli village had a population of 166. That makes it the 98th largest of the 106 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 698 residents.

Bhaktauli village has 74 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bhaktauli has about 1243 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Bhaktauli is 833103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bhaktauli covers 222.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bhaktauli falls under Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bhaktauli is Derowan, about 8.4 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bhaktauli.

Bhaktauli is about 40 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bhaktauli is in Goilkera tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Derowan is about 8.4 km away. Goilkera is about 14 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotargara (under 2 km), Behra (1.5 km) and Tenda (2.7 km).

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

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