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About Bakkar Village

Bakkar is a mid sized village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 800, made up of 400 males and 400 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 600.14 hectares hectares.

Bakkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakkar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Kirnapur
Area (hectares) 600.14 hectares
Population 800
Male Population 400
Female Population 400
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakkar compares

By the 2011 count Bakkar is the 82nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 600.14 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Bakkar

Bakkar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Bakkar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Bakkar from other places

Bakkar lies about 25 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Hatta Road, about 20 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 Bakkar
Tehsil headquarters Kirnapur 11 km
Nearest railway station Hatta Road 20 km
District headquarters Balaghat 25 km
Nearest town Bālāghāt 25 km

Villages closest to Bakkar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakkar village had a population of 800. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Bakkar village has 400 males and 400 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakkar has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Bakkar covers 600.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakkar falls under Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakkar is Hatta Road, about 20 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Bakkar.

Bakkar 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.

Bakkar is in Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Kirnapur is about 11 km away. Hatta Road is about 20 km away. Balaghat is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mate (2.2 km), Sitapara (2.4 km) and Sukaldand (2.9 km).

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

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