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About Badekot Village

Badekot is a small village in Malkharoda tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 151 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,179 females per 1000 males. The village covers 156 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497339, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badekot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badekot village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Malkharoda
Pincode 497339
Area (hectares) 156 hectares
Population 329
Male Population 151
Female Population 178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,179
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badekot compares

By the 2011 count Badekot is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,304 residents. Its 156 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Badekot

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

Badekot lies about 17 km from Janjgir Champa, and the nearest railway station is Akaltara, about 3.9 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 Badekot
Nearest railway station Akaltara 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Malkharoda 17 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 17 km

Villages closest to Badekot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badekot village had a population of 329. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,304 residents.

Badekot village has 151 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badekot has about 1179 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1009.

The pincode recorded for Badekot is 497339. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badekot covers 156 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badekot falls under Malkharoda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badekot is Akaltara, about 3.9 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 Badekot.

Badekot is about 17 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badekot is in Malkharoda tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Akaltara is about 3.9 km away. Malkharoda is about 17 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhotekot (under 2 km), Parsi (3.5 km) and Achritpali (9.3 km).

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

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