About Badegadam Village

Badegadam is a mid sized village in Katekalyan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 691, made up of 333 males and 358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,075 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1168.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494449, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badegadam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badegadam village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
Tehsil	Katekalyan
Pincode	494449
Area (hectares)	1168.56 hectares
Population	691
Male Population	333
Female Population	358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,075
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badegadam compares

By the 2011 count Badegadam is the 23rd largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 1168.56 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1080.

Getting to Badegadam

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

Badegadam lies about 26 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada, and the nearest railway station is Kaklur, about 14 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 Badegadam
Tehsil headquarters	Katekalyan	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Kaklur	14 km
District headquarters	Dakshin Bastar Dantewada	26 km
Nearest town	Bacheli	42 km

Villages closest to Badegadam

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

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Common questions about Badegadam

As per the Census of India 2011, Badegadam village had a population of 691. That makes it the 23rd largest of the 43 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Badegadam village has 333 males and 358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badegadam has about 1075 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1080.

The pincode recorded for Badegadam is 494449. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badegadam covers 1168.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badegadam falls under Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badegadam is Kaklur, about 14 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 10+ km distance for Badegadam.

Badegadam is about 26 km from Dakshin Bastar Dantewada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badegadam is in Katekalyan tehsil of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district. Katekalyan is about 5.2 km away. Kaklur is about 14 km away. Dakshin Bastar Dantewada is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.