About Bakwa Village

Bakwa is a large village in Bhinga tehsil, in the district of Shrawasti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,254, made up of 2,342 males and 1,912 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 816 females per 1000 males. The village covers 777.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271831, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakwa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Shrawasti
Tehsil	Bhinga
Pincode	271831
Area (hectares)	777.81 hectares
Population	4,254
Male Population	2,342
Female Population	1,912
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	816
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakwa compares

By the 2011 count Bakwa is the 35th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents. Its 777.81 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 873.

Getting to Bakwa

Bakwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bakwa as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Bakwa from other places

Bakwa lies about 14 km from Shrawasti, and the nearest railway station is Kauwapur, about 32 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 Bakwa
Tehsil headquarters	Bhinga	11 km
District headquarters	Shrawasti	14 km
Nearest railway station	Kauwapur	32 km

Villages closest to Bakwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakwa village had a population of 4,254. That makes it the 35th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,333 residents.

Bakwa village has 2,342 males and 1,912 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakwa has about 816 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 873.

The pincode recorded for Bakwa is 271831. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakwa covers 777.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakwa falls under Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bakwa is Kauwapur, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance for Bakwa.

Bakwa is about 14 km from Shrawasti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakwa is in Bhinga tehsil of Shrawasti district. Bhinga is about 11 km away. Shrawasti is about 14 km away. Kauwapur is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.