About Bakreswar Village

Bakreswar is a mid sized village in Dubrajpur tehsil, in the district of Birbhum, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,741, made up of 869 males and 872 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 66.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 731123, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakreswar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakreswar village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Birbhum
Tehsil	Dubrajpur
Pincode	731123
Area (hectares)	66.54 hectares
Population	1,741
Male Population	869
Female Population	872
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bakreswar compares

By the 2011 count Bakreswar is the 25th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 954 residents. Its 66.54 hectares work out to about 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Bakreswar

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

How far is Bakreswar from other places

Bakreswar lies about 56 km from Birbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chinpai, about 8.9 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 Bakreswar
Nearest railway station	Chinpai	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dubrajpur	10 km
Nearest town	Dubrājpur	10 km
District headquarters	Birbhum	56 km

Villages closest to Bakreswar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakreswar village had a population of 1,741. That makes it the 25th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 954 residents.

Bakreswar village has 869 males and 872 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakreswar has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Bakreswar is 731123. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakreswar covers 66.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 26 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Bakreswar falls under Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Bakreswar is Chinpai, about 8.9 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Bakreswar.

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

Bakreswar is in Dubrajpur tehsil of Birbhum district. Chinpai is about 8.9 km away. Dubrajpur is about 10 km away. Dubrājpur is about 10 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.