# Bakana Village, Ramanujnagar, Surguja (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Ramanujnagar, Surguja 

# Bakana

Bakana is a village in Ramanujnagar sub-district of Surguja district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **497333**. The 2011 Census counted **723 people in 155 households**, the 71st largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 59.9%.

- 723people (2011)
- 155households
- 63.6%literacy
- 497333PIN code

## Bakana PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bakana is 497333.** Bakana falls in Ramanujnagar sub-district, Surguja district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code497333
- Gram panchayatNakana
- Community development blockRamanujnagar
- Census village code432828

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

## How far is Bakana from nearby towns?

- Ramanujnagar (sub-district HQ)4 km by road
- Ambikapur (district HQ)66 km by road
- Surajpur (nearest town)26 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 Bakana?

15 services counted by the Census are inside Bakana; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Private bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Weekly haatIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Public libraryIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Degree college10+ km · Ramanujnagar
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)1 h summer · 1 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 Bakana known for?

About 33% of the 319 hectares of village land is sown, and 3 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 Bakana

Of every 100 households in Bakana in 2011, 60 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bakana · ■ Ramanujnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**50%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**98%

Use banking services ****90%**

**58%

Television ****2%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**28%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Bakana?

■ Bakana · ■ Ramanujnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.6%**

**59.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1060**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**974

Working population ****54.2%**

**54.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 46.6% for women. 58% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 157 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (3%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (7%) · **■** Marginal 192 (49%)

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 Ramanujnagar

- Labji810 people
- Barul793 people
- Akshyapur759 people
- Rampur747 people
- Jagannathpur665 people
- Dhaneshpur618 people
- Badrikasharam457 people
- Pandripani195 people

[All 76 villages in Ramanujnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/surguja/ramanujnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bakana?497333
- How far is Bakana from Ambikapur?66 km by road
- What is the population of Bakana?723 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakana in?Surguja district (Ramanujnagar sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Bakana?63.6% (Census 2011)