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About Badgai Village

Badgai is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 688, made up of 344 males and 344 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1313 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badgai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgai village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 494230
Area (hectares) 1313 hectares
Population 688
Male Population 344
Female Population 344
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badgai compares

By the 2011 count Badgai is the 50th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 1313 hectares work out to about 0.5 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 1039.

Getting to Badgai

Badgai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badgai as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Badgai from other places

Badgai lies about 91 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 39 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 Badgai
Nearest town Nārāinpur 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Farasgaon 25 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 39 km
District headquarters Bastar 91 km

Villages closest to Badgai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badgai village had a population of 688. That makes it the 50th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Badgai village has 344 males and 344 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgai has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1039.

The pincode recorded for Badgai is 494230. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badgai covers 1313 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badgai falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badgai is Antagarh, about 39 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 10+ km distance for Badgai.

Badgai is about 91 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badgai is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Nārāinpur is about 22 km away. Farasgaon is about 25 km away. Antagarh is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolanga (3.4 km), Barda (3.7 km) and Misari (4.4 km).

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

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