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About Bakaner Village

Bakaner is a mid sized village in Maheshwar tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,275, made up of 657 males and 618 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 594.83 hectares hectares.

Bakaner Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakaner village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Maheshwar
Area (hectares) 594.83 hectares
Population 1,275
Male Population 657
Female Population 618
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 941
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakaner compares

By the 2011 count Bakaner is the 52nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents. Its 594.83 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Bakaner

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

Bakaner lies about 61 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Patalpani Waterfall, about 33 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 Bakaner
Nearest town Dhāmnod 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Maheshwar 22 km
Nearest railway station Patalpani Waterfall 33 km
District headquarters Khargone 61 km

Villages closest to Bakaner

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakaner village had a population of 1,275. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents.

Bakaner village has 657 males and 618 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakaner has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 981.

Bakaner covers 594.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakaner falls under Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakaner is Patalpani Waterfall, about 33 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bakaner.

Bakaner is about 61 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakaner is in Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district. Dhāmnod is about 18 km away. Maheshwar is about 22 km away. Patalpani Waterfall is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kusumbhya (1.8 km), Bhedlya Chhota (2.6 km) and Kakadda (4.5 km).

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

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