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About Badagaon Village

Badagaon is a mid sized village in Farasgaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 588, made up of 274 males and 314 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,146 females per 1000 males. The village covers 578.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494230, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badagaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Farasgaon
Pincode 494230
Area (hectares) 578.99 hectares
Population 588
Male Population 274
Female Population 314
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,146
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badagaon compares

By the 2011 count Badagaon is the 63rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 578.99 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 1039.

Getting to Badagaon

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

Badagaon lies about 100 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 31 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 Badagaon
Tehsil headquarters Farasgaon 28 km
Nearest town Nārāinpur 29 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 31 km
District headquarters Bastar 100 km

Villages closest to Badagaon

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 Badagaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Badagaon village had a population of 588. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Badagaon village has 274 males and 314 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badagaon has about 1146 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1039.

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

Badagaon covers 578.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badagaon falls under Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badagaon is Antagarh, about 31 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 Badagaon.

Badagaon is about 100 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badagaon is in Farasgaon tehsil of Bastar district. Farasgaon is about 28 km away. Nārāinpur is about 29 km away. Antagarh 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 Korrabadgaon (under 2 km), Turki (1.6 km) and Bade Odagaon (2.6 km).

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

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