About Bakapur Village

Bakapur is a mid sized village in Balachaur tehsil, in the district of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 961, made up of 480 males and 481 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 192 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144526, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakapur village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar
Tehsil	Balachaur
Pincode	144526
Area (hectares)	192 hectares
Population	961
Male Population	480
Female Population	481
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,002
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakapur compares

By the 2011 count Bakapur is the 60th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 872 residents. Its 192 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

Getting to Bakapur

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

How far is Bakapur from other places

Bakapur lies about 15 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Alachor, about 8.5 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
Nearest railway station	Alachor	8.5 km
Nearest town	Nawanshahr	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balachaur	13 km
District headquarters	Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar	15 km

Villages closest to Bakapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakapur village had a population of 961. That makes it the 60th largest of the 175 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 872 residents.

Bakapur village has 480 males and 481 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakapur has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 937.

The pincode recorded for Bakapur is 144526. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakapur covers 192 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakapur falls under Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Bakapur is Alachor, about 8.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bakapur.

Bakapur is about 15 km from Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakapur is in Balachaur tehsil of Shahid Bhagat Singh Nagar district. Alachor is about 8.5 km away. Nawanshahr is about 9.5 km away. Balachaur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.