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About Badekilepal Village

Badekilepal is one of the larger villages in Bastanar tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,728, made up of 3,744 males and 3,984 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,064 females per 1000 males. The village covers 5944.76 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494442, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badekilepal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badekilepal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Bastanar
Pincode 494442
Area (hectares) 5944.76 hectares
Population 7,728
Male Population 3,744
Female Population 3,984
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,064
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badekilepal compares

By the 2011 count Badekilepal is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents. Its 5944.76 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1096.

Getting to Badekilepal

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

Badekilepal lies about 42 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 6.0 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 Badekilepal
Tehsil headquarters Bastanar 4.3 km
Nearest railway station Silak Jhori 6.0 km
District headquarters Bastar 42 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 45 km

Villages closest to Badekilepal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badekilepal village had a population of 7,728. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,144 residents.

Badekilepal village has 3,744 males and 3,984 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badekilepal has about 1064 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1096.

The pincode recorded for Badekilepal is 494442. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badekilepal covers 5944.76 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badekilepal falls under Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badekilepal is Silak Jhori, about 6.0 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 Badekilepal.

Badekilepal is about 42 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badekilepal is in Bastanar tehsil of Bastar district. Bastanar is about 4.3 km away. Silak Jhori is about 6.0 km away. Bastar is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhotekilepal (under 2 km), Parlameta (3.1 km) and Irpa (4.1 km).

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

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