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About Budharao Village

Budharao is a small village in Magarlod tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 246, made up of 112 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,196 females per 1000 males. The village covers 630 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493996, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Budharao Overview

Census 2011 figures for Budharao village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Dhamtari
Tehsil Magarlod
Pincode 493996
Area (hectares) 630 hectares
Population 246
Male Population 112
Female Population 134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,196
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Budharao compares

By the 2011 count Budharao is the 95th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 630 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Budharao

Budharao is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Budharao 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Budharao from other places

Budharao lies about 35 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Kurud, about 25 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 Budharao
Tehsil headquarters Magarlod 5.6 km
Nearest railway station Kurud 25 km
Nearest town Nawāpāra 29 km
District headquarters Dhamtari 35 km

Villages closest to Budharao

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Budharao village had a population of 246. That makes it the 95th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Budharao village has 112 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Budharao has about 1196 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Budharao is 493996. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Budharao covers 630 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Budharao falls under Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Budharao is Kurud, about 25 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Budharao.

Budharao is about 35 km from Dhamtari in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Budharao is in Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district. Magarlod is about 5.6 km away. Kurud is about 25 km away. Nawāpāra 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 Charbhata (1.8 km), Charbhatha (1.8 km) and Rajadera (2.7 km).

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

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