About Bakal Village

Bakal is a mid sized village in Keolari tehsil, in the district of Seoni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 603, made up of 294 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 280 hectares hectares.

Bakal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakal village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Seoni
Tehsil	Keolari
Area (hectares)	280 hectares
Population	603
Male Population	294
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,051
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 Bakal compares

By the 2011 count Bakal is the 96th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 829 residents. Its 280 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Getting to Bakal

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

Bakal lies about 45 km from Seoni, and the nearest railway station is Lamta, about 15 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 Bakal
Nearest railway station	Lamta	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Keolari	31 km
Nearest town	Bālāghāt	38 km
District headquarters	Seoni	45 km

Villages closest to Bakal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakal village had a population of 603. That makes it the 96th largest of the 165 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 829 residents.

Bakal village has 294 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakal has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1000.

Bakal covers 280 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakal falls under Keolari tehsil of Seoni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakal is Lamta, about 15 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 Bakal.

Bakal is about 45 km from Seoni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakal is in Keolari tehsil of Seoni district. Lamta is about 15 km away. Keolari is about 31 km away. Bālāghāt is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.