About Bakchour Village

Bakchour is a small village in Bijawar tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 273, made up of 144 males and 129 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 555.3 hectares hectares.

Bakchour Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakchour village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Bijawar
Area (hectares)	555.3 hectares
Population	273
Male Population	144
Female Population	129
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
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 Bakchour compares

By the 2011 count Bakchour is the 115th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 983 residents. Its 555.3 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 885.

Getting to Bakchour

Bakchour is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bakchour 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 Bakchour from other places

Bakchour lies about 58 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Basari, about 50 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 Bakchour
Tehsil headquarters	Bijawar	24 km
Nearest town	Bijāwar	24 km
Nearest railway station	Basari	50 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	58 km

Villages closest to Bakchour

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakchour village had a population of 273. That makes it the 115th largest of the 139 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 983 residents.

Bakchour village has 144 males and 129 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakchour has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 885.

Bakchour covers 555.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakchour falls under Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakchour is Basari, about 50 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 Bakchour.

Bakchour is about 58 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakchour is in Bijawar tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Bijawar is about 24 km away. Bijāwar is about 24 km away. Basari is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.