About Bakapur Guru Village

Bakapur Guru is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 566, made up of 283 males and 283 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 118 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakapur Guru Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakapur Guru village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	144527
Area (hectares)	118 hectares
Population	566
Male Population	283
Female Population	283
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bakapur Guru compares

By the 2011 count Bakapur Guru is the 200th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 118 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Bakapur Guru

Bakapur Guru is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bakapur Guru 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bakapur Guru from other places

Bakapur Guru lies about 45 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about under 2 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 Bakapur Guru
Nearest railway station	Alachor	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	4.7 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	5.7 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	45 km

Villages closest to Bakapur Guru

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Garhshankar 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 Bakapur Guru

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakapur Guru village had a population of 566. That makes it the 200th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Bakapur Guru village has 283 males and 283 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakapur Guru has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Bakapur Guru is 144527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakapur Guru covers 118 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakapur Guru falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bakapur Guru is Alachor, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

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

Bakapur Guru is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Alachor is about under 2 km away. Garhshankar is about 4.7 km away. Nawanshahr is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.