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About Bakaliyas Village

Bakaliyas is a mid sized village in Merta tehsil, in the district of Nagaur, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,092, made up of 577 males and 515 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 893 females per 1000 males. The village covers 975 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 341511, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakaliyas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakaliyas village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Nagaur
Tehsil Merta
Pincode 341511
Area (hectares) 975 hectares
Population 1,092
Male Population 577
Female Population 515
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 893
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Bakaliyas compares

By the 2011 count Bakaliyas is the 93rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents. Its 975 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 958.

Getting to Bakaliyas

Bakaliyas 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 Bakaliyas as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bakaliyas from other places

Bakaliyas lies about 61 km from Nagaur, and the nearest railway station is Jogi Magra, about 4.5 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 Bakaliyas
Nearest railway station Jogi Magra 4.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Merta 21 km
District headquarters Nagaur 61 km

Villages closest to Bakaliyas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakaliyas village had a population of 1,092. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 197 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,565 residents.

Bakaliyas village has 577 males and 515 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakaliyas has about 893 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Bakaliyas is 341511. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakaliyas covers 975 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakaliyas falls under Merta tehsil of Nagaur district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Bakaliyas is Jogi Magra, about 4.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bakaliyas.

Bakaliyas is about 61 km from Nagaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakaliyas is in Merta tehsil of Nagaur district. Jogi Magra is about 4.5 km away. Merta is about 21 km away. Nagaur is about 61 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sodas (3.3 km), Lamba Jatan (4.3 km) and Riya Shyamdas (4.6 km).

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

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