# Bakmer Village, Ambikapur, Surguja (Chhattisgarh) – PIN Code

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Village · Ambikapur, Surguja 

# Bakmer

Bakmer is a village in Ambikapur sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497001**. The 2011 Census counted **592 people in 150 households**, the 107th largest of 122 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 592people (2011)
- 150households
- 61.6%literacy
- 497001PIN code

## Bakmer PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bakmer is 497001.** Bakmer falls in Ambikapur sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497001
- Gram panchayatBardhodhi
- Community development blockAmbikapur
- Census village code432993

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bakmer from nearby towns?

- Ambikapur (sub-district HQ)14 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)14 km by road
- Ambikapur (nearest town)14 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bakmer?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Bakmer; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Bilaspur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Ambikapur
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)24 h summer · 24 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bakmer known for?

About 69% of the 127 hectares of village land is sown, and 72 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bakmer

Of every 100 households in Bakmer in 2011, 77 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 73 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bakmer · ■ Ambikapur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**60%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**89%

Tap water ****3%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****7%**

**59%

Television ****25%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****73%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****5%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bakmer?

■ Bakmer · ■ Ambikapur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.6%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**972

Working population ****67.2%**

**48.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 46.1% for women. 65% of men and 69% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 134 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (5%) · **■** Other work 25 (6%) · **■** Marginal 221 (56%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Ambikapur

- Indarpur656 people
- Kishunnagar656 people
- Krishanapur634 people
- Digma593 people
- Malgawan Khurd591 people
- Sadwar572 people
- Tihpatra566 people
- Rukhpur558 people

[All 122 villages in Ambikapur](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/ambikapur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bakmer?497001
- How far is Bakmer from Ambikapur?14 km by road
- What is the population of Bakmer?592 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakmer in?Surguja district (Ambikapur sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Bakmer?61.6% (Census 2011)