About Badhia Village

Badhia is a small village in Dandkhora tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 473, made up of 252 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 89 hectares hectares.

Badhia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Dandkhora
Area (hectares)	89 hectares
Population	473
Male Population	252
Female Population	221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	877
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Badhia compares

By the 2011 count Badhia is the 36th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents. Its 89 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Badhia

Badhia is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badhia as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badhia from other places

Badhia lies about 12 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Gorphar, about 1.6 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 Badhia
Nearest railway station	Gorphar	1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dandkhora	4.1 km
District headquarters	Katihar	12 km

Villages closest to Badhia

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

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Common questions about Badhia

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhia village had a population of 473. That makes it the 36th largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,448 residents.

Badhia village has 252 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhia has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Badhia covers 89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhia falls under Dandkhora tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Badhia is Gorphar, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badhia.

Badhia is about 12 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhia is in Dandkhora tehsil of Katihar district. Gorphar is about 1.6 km away. Dandkhora is about 4.1 km away. Katihar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.