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About Badanji Village

Badanji is a large village in Lohandiguda tehsil, in the district of Bastar, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,711, made up of 1,383 males and 1,328 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 960 females per 1000 males. The village covers 866.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494010, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badanji Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badanji village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bastar
Tehsil Lohandiguda
Pincode 494010
Area (hectares) 866.18 hectares
Population 2,711
Male Population 1,383
Female Population 1,328
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 960
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badanji compares

By the 2011 count Badanji is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 866.18 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1054.

Getting to Badanji

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

Badanji lies about 13 km from Bastar, and the nearest railway station is Bade Arapur, about 16 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 Badanji
Tehsil headquarters Lohandiguda 6.2 km
District headquarters Bastar 13 km
Nearest railway station Bade Arapur 16 km
Nearest town Jagdalpur 23 km

Villages closest to Badanji

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badanji village had a population of 2,711. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Badanji village has 1,383 males and 1,328 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badanji has about 960 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 1054.

The pincode recorded for Badanji is 494010. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badanji covers 866.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badanji falls under Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badanji is Bade Arapur, about 16 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 Badanji.

Badanji is about 13 km from Bastar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badanji is in Lohandiguda tehsil of Bastar district. Lohandiguda is about 6.2 km away. Bastar is about 13 km away. Bade Arapur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kodebada (5.0 km), Lohandiguda (6.2 km) and Chhoteparroda (7.2 km).

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

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