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About Badhawandand Village

Badhawandand is a mid sized village in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,856, made up of 953 males and 903 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 948 females per 1000 males. The village covers 746.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495117, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhawandand Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhawandand village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Pendra Road Gorella
Pincode 495117
Area (hectares) 746.15 hectares
Population 1,856
Male Population 953
Female Population 903
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 948
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Badhawandand compares

By the 2011 count Badhawandand is the 16th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents. Its 746.15 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 996.

Getting to Badhawandand

Badhawandand is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Badhawandand 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badhawandand from other places

Badhawandand lies about 23 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Belha, about 10 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 Badhawandand
Nearest railway station Belha 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Pendra Road Gorella 23 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 23 km
Nearest town Bilāspur 23 km

Villages closest to Badhawandand

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pendra Road Gorella 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 Badhawandand

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhawandand village had a population of 1,856. That makes it the 16th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,364 residents.

Badhawandand village has 953 males and 903 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhawandand has about 948 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 996.

The pincode recorded for Badhawandand is 495117. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhawandand covers 746.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhawandand falls under Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badhawandand is Belha, about 10 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badhawandand.

Badhawandand is about 23 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhawandand is in Pendra Road Gorella tehsil of Bilaspur district. Belha is about 10 km away. Pendra Road Gorella is about 23 km away. Bilaspur is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khanta (6.0 km), Dumariha (13 km) and Pandripani (16 km).

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

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