About Bakatpur Village

Bakatpur is a small village in Biswanathpur tehsil, in the district of Kalahandi, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 324, made up of 170 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 766020, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakatpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakatpur village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kalahandi
Tehsil	Biswanathpur
Pincode	766020
Area (hectares)	226 hectares
Population	324
Male Population	170
Female Population	154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Bakatpur compares

By the 2011 count Bakatpur is the 14th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 191 residents. Its 226 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1081.

Getting to Bakatpur

Bakatpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Bakatpur 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bakatpur from other places

Bakatpur lies about 21 km from Kalahandi, and the nearest railway station is Bolagarh Road, about 11 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 Bakatpur
Nearest railway station	Bolagarh Road	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Biswanathpur	15 km
District headquarters	Kalahandi	21 km
Nearest town	Khordha	42 km

Villages closest to Bakatpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakatpur village had a population of 324. That makes it the 14th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 191 residents.

Bakatpur village has 170 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakatpur has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1081.

The pincode recorded for Bakatpur is 766020. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakatpur covers 226 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakatpur falls under Biswanathpur tehsil of Kalahandi district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Bakatpur is Bolagarh Road, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Bakatpur is about 21 km from Kalahandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakatpur is in Biswanathpur tehsil of Kalahandi district. Bolagarh Road is about 11 km away. Biswanathpur is about 15 km away. Kalahandi is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.