About Bakana Village

Bakana is a mid sized village in Shamgarh tehsil, in the district of Mandsaur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 692, made up of 363 males and 329 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 329.35 hectares hectares.

Bakana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakana village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Mandsaur
Tehsil	Shamgarh
Area (hectares)	329.35 hectares
Population	692
Male Population	363
Female Population	329
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakana compares

By the 2011 count Bakana is the 54th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,079 residents. Its 329.35 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 963.

Getting to Bakana

Bakana is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bakana as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Bakana from other places

Bakana lies about 40 km from Mandsaur. 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 Bakana
Tehsil headquarters	Shamgarh	24 km
Nearest town	Shāmgarh	24 km
District headquarters	Mandsaur	40 km

Villages closest to Bakana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakana village had a population of 692. That makes it the 54th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,079 residents.

Bakana village has 363 males and 329 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakana has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Bakana covers 329.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakana falls under Shamgarh tehsil of Mandsaur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The census record for Bakana notes the nearest railway station 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 10+ km distance for Bakana.

Bakana is about 40 km from Mandsaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakana is in Shamgarh tehsil of Mandsaur district. Shamgarh is about 24 km away. Shāmgarh is about 24 km away. Mandsaur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.