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About Badgaon Village

Badgaon is a mid sized village in Jhanduta tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,852, made up of 938 males and 914 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 974 females per 1000 males. The village covers 342.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174029, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Jhanduta
Pincode 174029
Area (hectares) 342.7 hectares
Population 1,852
Male Population 938
Female Population 914
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 974
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badgaon compares

By the 2011 count Badgaon is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 342.7 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 972.

Getting to Badgaon

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

Badgaon lies about 29 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Akaltara, about 2.7 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 Badgaon
Nearest railway station Akaltara 2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Jhanduta 29 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 29 km

Villages closest to Badgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badgaon village had a population of 1,852. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Badgaon village has 938 males and 914 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgaon has about 974 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 972.

The pincode recorded for Badgaon is 174029. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badgaon covers 342.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badgaon falls under Jhanduta tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badgaon is Akaltara, about 2.7 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 within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badgaon.

Badgaon is about 29 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badgaon is in Jhanduta tehsil of Bilaspur district. Akaltara is about 2.7 km away. Jhanduta is about 29 km away. Bilaspur is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jangal Kot Malhot (under 2 km), Kot (under 2 km) and Kothi (under 2 km).

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

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