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About Bakarpur Village

Bakarpur is a mid sized village in Behat tehsil, in the district of Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,069, made up of 563 males and 506 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.68 hectares hectares.

Bakarpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakarpur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Saharanpur
Tehsil Behat
Area (hectares) 224.68 hectares
Population 1,069
Male Population 563
Female Population 506
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakarpur compares

By the 2011 count Bakarpur is the 159th largest of the 260 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents. Its 224.68 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 895.

Getting to Bakarpur

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

How far is Bakarpur from other places

Bakarpur lies about 23 km from Saharanpur, and the nearest railway station is Kalanour, about 5.3 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 Bakarpur
Nearest railway station Kalanour 5.3 km
Nearest town Jagādhri 9.3 km
District headquarters Saharanpur 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Behat 23 km

Villages closest to Bakarpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakarpur village had a population of 1,069. That makes it the 159th largest of the 260 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,853 residents.

Bakarpur village has 563 males and 506 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakarpur has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 895.

Bakarpur covers 224.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakarpur falls under Behat tehsil of Saharanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakarpur is Kalanour, about 5.3 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Bakarpur.

Bakarpur is about 23 km from Saharanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakarpur is in Behat tehsil of Saharanpur district. Kalanour is about 5.3 km away. Jagādhri is about 9.3 km away. Saharanpur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amadapur (2.7 km), Adarakpur (5.6 km) and Kadarpur (5.6 km).

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

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