About Bedma Village

Bedma is a mid sized village in Keskal tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,078, made up of 536 males and 542 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 563.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bedma Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bedma village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bastar
Tehsil	Keskal
Pincode	492109
Area (hectares)	563.39 hectares
Population	1,078
Male Population	536
Female Population	542
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,011
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bedma compares

By the 2011 count Bedma is the 19th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 810 residents. Its 563.39 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Bedma

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

Bedma lies about 93 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Antagarh, about 51 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 Bedma
Tehsil headquarters	Keskal	11 km
Nearest town	Kānker	34 km
Nearest railway station	Antagarh	51 km
District headquarters	Bastar	93 km

Villages closest to Bedma

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.

Most viewed villages

Related Villages

Common questions about Bedma

As per the Census of India 2011, Bedma village had a population of 1,078. That makes it the 19th largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 810 residents.

Bedma village has 536 males and 542 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bedma has about 1011 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 Bedma is 492109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bedma covers 563.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bedma falls under Keskal tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Bedma is Antagarh, about 51 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 Bedma.

Bedma is about 93 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bedma is in Keskal tehsil of Bastar district. Keskal is about 11 km away. Kānker is about 34 km away. Antagarh is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.