# Bakarta Village, Sarkaghat, Mandi (Himachal Pradesh)

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Village · Sarkaghat, Mandi 

# Bakarta

Bakarta is a village in Sarkaghat sub-district of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh, PIN code **175024**. The 2011 Census counted **648 people in 155 households**, the 15th largest of 179 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.2%.

- 648people (2011)
- 155households
- 88.8%literacy
- 175024PIN code

## Bakarta PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Bakarta is 175024.** Bakarta falls in Sarkaghat sub-district, Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh.

- PIN code175024
- Community development blockGopalpur
- Census village code013913

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

## How far is Bakarta from nearby towns?

- Sarkaghat (sub-district HQ)3 km by road
- Mandi (district HQ)68 km by road
- Sarkaghat (nearest town)3 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 Bakarta?

14 services counted by the Census are inside Bakarta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Agricultural credit societyIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Rakhoh
- ○Degree collegeunder 5 km · Sarkaghat
- ○ITI / vocational school5–10 km · Paplog
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular marketunder 5 km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water and hand pumps
- 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 Bakarta known for?

The main crops are **wheat, maize and paddy**. About 55% of the 88 hectares of village land is sown, and 35 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 Bakarta

Of every 100 households in Bakarta in 2011, 100 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bakarta · ■ Sarkaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**98%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**5%

Tap water ****99%**

**95%

Drinking water within premises ****99%**

**62%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**42%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**57%

Use banking services ****99%**

**95%

Television ****90%**

**83%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**69%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**6%

None of these assets ****2%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Bakarta?

■ Bakarta · ■ Sarkaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.8%**

**86.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**1075

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****500**

**817

Working population ****70.1%**

**61.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.3% for men and 80.5% for women. 67% of men and 73% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 104 (23%) · **■** Marginal 337 (74%)

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 Sarkaghat

- Tataher729 people
- Thana702 people
- Sadhot693 people
- Jukain687 people
- Gadhyani648 people
- Janjhel638 people
- Bag631 people
- Kharoh630 people

[All 180 villages in Sarkaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/himachal-pradesh/mandi/sarkaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Bakarta?175024
- How far is Bakarta from Mandi?68 km by road
- What is the population of Bakarta?648 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bakarta in?Mandi district (Sarkaghat sub-district), Himachal Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bakarta?88.8% (Census 2011)