Skip to main content

About Badwar Village

Badwar is a mid sized village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 823, made up of 408 males and 415 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 719.32 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badwar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Keskal
Pincode 494331
Area (hectares) 719.32 hectares
Population 823
Male Population 408
Female Population 415
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badwar compares

By the 2011 count Badwar is the 30th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 719.32 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Badwar

Badwar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badwar as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Badwar from other places

Badwar lies about 100 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 37 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 Badwar
Tehsil headquarters Keskal 14 km
Nearest town Kānker 30 km
Nearest railway station Antagarh 37 km
District headquarters Bastar 100 km

Villages closest to Badwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badwar village had a population of 823. That makes it the 30th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Badwar village has 408 males and 415 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badwar has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Badwar is 494331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badwar covers 719.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badwar falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badwar is Antagarh, about 37 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 <5 km distance for Badwar.

Badwar 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.

Badwar is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Keskal is about 14 km away. Kānker is about 30 km away. Antagarh is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hudawa (under 2 km), Korkoti (1.6 km) and Dhanora (2.3 km).

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

Our Blogs Blogs

Explore the beauty of india and villages of india with our blog.

See All