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About Bakena Village

Bakena is a small village in Rahatgarh tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 479, made up of 264 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 814 females per 1000 males. The village covers 264.4 hectares hectares.

Bakena Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakena village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Rahatgarh
Area (hectares) 264.4 hectares
Population 479
Male Population 264
Female Population 215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 814
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakena compares

By the 2011 count Bakena is the 74th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 709 residents. Its 264.4 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Bakena

Bakena is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bakena as Available within 5 - 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 Bakena from other places

Bakena lies about 48 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Relwai Stesan Sumreri, 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 Bakena
Tehsil headquarters Rahatgarh 14 km
Nearest town Rāhatgarh 14 km
Nearest railway station Relwai Stesan Sumreri 33 km
District headquarters Sagar 48 km

Villages closest to Bakena

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakena village had a population of 479. That makes it the 74th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 709 residents.

Bakena village has 264 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakena has about 814 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 876.

Bakena covers 264.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakena falls under Rahatgarh tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakena is Relwai Stesan Sumreri, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bakena.

Bakena is about 48 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakena is in Rahatgarh tehsil of Sagar district. Rahatgarh is about 14 km away. Rāhatgarh is about 14 km away. Relwai Stesan Sumreri 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 Kenera (under 2 km), Osankheri (under 2 km) and Nivodiya (under 2 km).

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

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