About Bakra Village

Bakra is a mid sized village in Sankrail tehsil, in the district of Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,040, made up of 518 males and 522 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,008 females per 1000 males. The village covers 411.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721135, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bakra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bakra village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Medinipur
Tehsil	Sankrail
Pincode	721135
Area (hectares)	411.55 hectares
Population	1,040
Male Population	518
Female Population	522
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,008
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Bakra compares

By the 2011 count Bakra is the 14th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 466 residents. Its 411.55 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Bakra

Bakra is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Bakra 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Bakra from other places

Bakra lies about 87 km from Paschim Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Banka Nayabaz, about under 2 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 Bakra
Nearest town	Bankra	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Banka Nayabaz	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sankrail	8.0 km
District headquarters	Paschim Medinipur	87 km

Villages closest to Bakra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bakra village had a population of 1,040. That makes it the 14th largest of the 237 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 466 residents.

Bakra village has 518 males and 522 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bakra has about 1008 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Bakra is 721135. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bakra covers 411.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bakra falls under Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Bakra is Banka Nayabaz, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Bakra.

Bakra is about 87 km from Paschim Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bakra is in Sankrail tehsil of Paschim Medinipur district. Bankra is about under 2 km away. Banka Nayabaz is about under 2 km away. Sankrail is about 8.0 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.