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About Badlawand Village

Badlawand is a mid sized village in Bakavand tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 804, made up of 381 males and 423 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,110 females per 1000 males. The village covers 480.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badlawand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badlawand village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bakavand
Pincode 493558
Area (hectares) 480.15 hectares
Population 804
Male Population 381
Female Population 423
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,110
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badlawand compares

By the 2011 count Badlawand is the 70th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 480.15 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

Getting to Badlawand

Badlawand is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badlawand as Available. 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 Badlawand from other places

Badlawand lies about 27 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Amagura, about 28 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 Badlawand
Tehsil headquarters Bakavand 27 km
District headquarters Bastar 27 km
Nearest railway station Amagura 28 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 30 km

Villages closest to Badlawand

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badlawand village had a population of 804. That makes it the 70th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Badlawand village has 381 males and 423 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badlawand has about 1110 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1019.

The pincode recorded for Badlawand is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badlawand covers 480.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badlawand falls under Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badlawand is Amagura, about 28 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Badlawand.

Badlawand is about 27 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badlawand is in Bakavand tehsil of Bastar district. Bakavand is about 27 km away. Bastar is about 27 km away. Amagura is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Girola (under 2 km), Pahurbel (2.0 km) and Jaitgiri (2.6 km).

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

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