About Bakrana Village

Bakrana is a small village in Vikasnagar tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 236, made up of 127 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 491.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248197, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakrana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakrana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Vikasnagar
Pincode	248197
Area (hectares)	491.21 hectares
Population	236
Male Population	127
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	858
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakrana compares

By the 2011 count Bakrana is the 111th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents. Its 491.21 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 908.

Getting to Bakrana

Bakrana is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bakrana as Available within 5 - 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 Bakrana from other places

Bakrana lies about 41 km from Dehradun. 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 Bakrana
Nearest town	Mussoorie	27 km
Tehsil headquarters	Vikasnagar	34 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	41 km

Villages closest to Bakrana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakrana village had a population of 236. That makes it the 111th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,949 residents.

Bakrana village has 127 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakrana has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Bakrana is 248197. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakrana covers 491.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bakrana falls under Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Bakrana notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bakrana.

Bakrana is about 41 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakrana is in Vikasnagar tehsil of Dehradun district. Mussoorie is about 27 km away. Vikasnagar is about 34 km away. Dehradun is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.