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About Bakodi Village

Bakodi is a large village in Khairlanji tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,198, made up of 1,060 males and 1,138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 625.4 hectares hectares.

Bakodi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakodi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Khairlanji
Area (hectares) 625.4 hectares
Population 2,198
Male Population 1,060
Female Population 1,138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakodi compares

By the 2011 count Bakodi is the 24th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents. Its 625.4 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

Getting to Bakodi

Bakodi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bakodi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Bakodi from other places

Bakodi lies about 25 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Waraseoni, about 14 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 Bakodi
Tehsil headquarters Khairlanji 7.7 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 13 km
Nearest railway station Waraseoni 14 km
District headquarters Balaghat 25 km

Villages closest to Bakodi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakodi village had a population of 2,198. That makes it the 24th largest of the 79 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,837 residents.

Bakodi village has 1,060 males and 1,138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakodi has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1028.

Bakodi covers 625.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakodi falls under Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakodi is Waraseoni, about 14 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bakodi.

Bakodi is about 25 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakodi is in Khairlanji tehsil of Balaghat district. Khairlanji is about 7.7 km away. Wārāseonī is about 13 km away. Waraseoni is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jaitpur Khapa (under 2 km), Khapa (under 2 km) and Chicholi (2.2 km).

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

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