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About Baukpur Village

Baukpur is a small village in Keshpur tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 35, made up of 22 males and 13 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 591 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Baukpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Baukpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil Keshpur
Pincode 721122
Area (hectares) 45.8 hectares
Population 35
Male Population 22
Female Population 13
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 591
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 Baukpur compares

By the 2011 count Baukpur is the 509th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 45.8 hectares work out to about 0.8 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 958.

Getting to Baukpur

Baukpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Baukpur 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. The nearest villages by name are Barmahishda, Basan Chak, Basanta Bar and Basudeb Pur. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Baukpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Baukpur village had a population of 35. That makes it the 509th largest of the 538 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Baukpur village has 22 males and 13 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Baukpur has about 591 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 958.

The pincode recorded for Baukpur is 721122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Baukpur covers 45.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Baukpur falls under Keshpur tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The census record for Baukpur 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 Baukpur.

Baukpur is in Keshpur tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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