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About Badko Village

Badko is a mid sized village in Kondagaon tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 538, made up of 274 males and 264 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 703.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badko Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badko village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Kondagaon
Pincode 494226
Area (hectares) 703.92 hectares
Population 538
Male Population 274
Female Population 264
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 964
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badko compares

By the 2011 count Badko is the 106th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 927 residents. Its 703.92 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1046.

Getting to Badko

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

Badko lies about 57 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Silak Jhori, about 63 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 Badko
Tehsil headquarters Kondagaon 19 km
District headquarters Bastar 57 km
Nearest railway station Silak Jhori 63 km

Villages closest to Badko

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badko village had a population of 538. That makes it the 106th largest of the 179 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 927 residents.

Badko village has 274 males and 264 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badko has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1046.

The pincode recorded for Badko is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badko covers 703.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badko falls under Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badko is Silak Jhori, about 63 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 - 10 km distance for Badko.

Badko is about 57 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badko is in Kondagaon tehsil of Bastar district. Kondagaon is about 19 km away. Bastar is about 57 km away. Silak Jhori is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jogi Alwad (2.5 km), Todam (3.4 km) and Kejang (3.5 km).

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

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