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About Badauan Village

Badauan is a mid sized village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 905, made up of 470 males and 435 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 926 females per 1000 males. The village covers 48 hectares hectares.

Badauan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badauan village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Fatehpur
Area (hectares) 48 hectares
Population 905
Male Population 470
Female Population 435
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 926
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badauan compares

By the 2011 count Badauan is the 83rd largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents. Its 48 hectares work out to about 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Badauan

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

How far is Badauan from other places

Badauan lies about 78 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Badhauna Halt, about 7.7 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 Badauan
Nearest railway station Badhauna Halt 7.7 km
Nearest town Bakhtiarpur 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 31 km
District headquarters Gaya 78 km

Villages closest to Badauan

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

Common questions about Badauan

As per the Census of India 2011, Badauan village had a population of 905. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 151 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,510 residents.

Badauan village has 470 males and 435 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badauan has about 926 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 947.

Badauan covers 48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Badauan falls under Fatehpur tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Badauan is Badhauna Halt, about 7.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Badauan.

Badauan is about 78 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badauan is in Fatehpur tehsil of Gaya district. Badhauna Halt is about 7.7 km away. Bakhtiarpur is about 13 km away. Fatehpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Amaur (1.9 km), Paharpur (7.3 km) and Partappur (8.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Badauan today is likely to be higher.

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