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About Bakothi Village

Bakothi is a large village in Bilhaur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Nagar, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,269, made up of 1,736 males and 1,533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 883 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633.48 hectares hectares.

Bakothi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakothi village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kanpur Nagar
Tehsil Bilhaur
Area (hectares) 633.48 hectares
Population 3,269
Male Population 1,736
Female Population 1,533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 883
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Bakothi compares

By the 2011 count Bakothi is the 26th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents. Its 633.48 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Bakothi

Bakothi 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 Bakothi 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 Bakothi from other places

Bakothi lies about 56 km from Kanpur Nagar, and the nearest railway station is Mani Mau, about 13 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 Bakothi
Nearest railway station Mani Mau 13 km
Nearest town Kannauj 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Bilhaur 20 km
District headquarters Kanpur Nagar 56 km

Villages closest to Bakothi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakothi village had a population of 3,269. That makes it the 26th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,385 residents.

Bakothi village has 1,736 males and 1,533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakothi has about 883 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 868.

Bakothi covers 633.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakothi falls under Bilhaur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakothi is Mani Mau, about 13 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 Bakothi.

Bakothi is about 56 km from Kanpur Nagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakothi is in Bilhaur tehsil of Kanpur Nagar district. Mani Mau is about 13 km away. Kannauj is about 18 km away. Bilhaur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ram Nagar (under 2 km), Mitanpur (under 2 km) and Chhatarpur (under 2 km).

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

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