# Baktha Village, Vijayraghavgarh, Katni (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Vijayraghavgarh, Katni 

# Baktha

Baktha is a village in Vijayraghavgarh sub-district of Katni district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **646 people in 135 households**, the 99th largest of 133 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 646people (2011)
- 135households
- 80.3%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Baktha PIN code and other codes

Baktha falls in Vijayraghavgarh sub-district, Katni district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockVijayraghavgarh
- Census village code488489

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

## How far is Baktha from nearby towns?

- Vijayraghavgarh (sub-district HQ)11 km by road
- Katni (district HQ)25 km by road
- Vijayraghavgarh (nearest town)11 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 Baktha?

5 services counted by the Census are inside Baktha; 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 schoolunder 5 km · Deora Kalan
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kymore
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Katni
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital5–10 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)9 h summer · 9 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 Baktha known for?

About 87% of the 336 hectares of village land is sown, and 186 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 Baktha

Of every 100 households in Baktha in 2011, 73 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Baktha · ■ Vijayraghavgarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**47%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**8%

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

**2%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****11%**

**38%

Television ****13%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****72%**

**39%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Baktha?

■ Baktha · ■ Vijayraghavgarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**942

Working population ****37.2%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 69.0% for women. 49% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 127 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (10%) · **■** Other work 15 (6%) · **■** Marginal 74 (31%)

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 Vijayraghavgarh

- Salaiya705 people
- Khirwa699 people
- Deosari691 people
- Koniya674 people
- Looli635 people
- Kursi Kola594 people
- Simariya594 people
- Pureni564 people

[All 133 villages in Vijayraghavgarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/katni/vijayraghavgarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Baktha from Katni?25 km by road
- What is the population of Baktha?646 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Baktha in?Katni district (Vijayraghavgarh sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Baktha?80.3% (Census 2011)