About Bakanya Village

Bakanya is a mid sized village in Kumbhraj tehsil, in the district of Guna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,439, made up of 750 males and 689 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 919 females per 1000 males. The village covers 579 hectares hectares.

Bakanya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakanya village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Guna
Tehsil	Kumbhraj
Area (hectares)	579 hectares
Population	1,439
Male Population	750
Female Population	689
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	919
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakanya compares

By the 2011 count Bakanya is the 12th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 670 residents. Its 579 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 902.

Getting to Bakanya

Bakanya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bakanya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Bakanya from other places

Bakanya lies about 52 km from Guna. 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 Bakanya
Tehsil headquarters	Kumbhraj	15 km
Nearest town	Chāchaura	22 km
District headquarters	Guna	52 km

Villages closest to Bakanya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakanya village had a population of 1,439. That makes it the 12th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 670 residents.

Bakanya village has 750 males and 689 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakanya has about 919 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 902.

Bakanya covers 579 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakanya falls under Kumbhraj tehsil of Guna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Bakanya notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Bakanya.

Bakanya is about 52 km from Guna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakanya is in Kumbhraj tehsil of Guna district. Kumbhraj is about 15 km away. Chāchaura is about 22 km away. Guna is about 52 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.