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About Badwar Village

Badwar is a small village in Bharatpur tehsil, in the district of Koriya, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 401, made up of 192 males and 209 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,089 females per 1000 males. The village covers 274.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497778, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badwar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badwar village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Koriya
Tehsil Bharatpur
Pincode 497778
Area (hectares) 274.7 hectares
Population 401
Male Population 192
Female Population 209
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,089
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badwar compares

By the 2011 count Badwar is the 83rd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 512 residents. Its 274.7 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 984.

Getting to Badwar

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

Badwar lies about 125 km from Koriya, and the nearest railway station is Kargi Road, about 8.6 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 Badwar
Nearest railway station Kargi Road 8.6 km
Nearest town Ratanpur 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Bharatpur 29 km
District headquarters Koriya 125 km

Villages closest to Badwar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badwar village had a population of 401. That makes it the 83rd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 512 residents.

Badwar village has 192 males and 209 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badwar has about 1089 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Badwar is 497778. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badwar covers 274.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badwar falls under Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badwar is Kargi Road, about 8.6 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 Badwar.

Badwar is about 125 km from Koriya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badwar is in Bharatpur tehsil of Koriya district. Kargi Road is about 8.6 km away. Ratanpur is about 21 km away. Bharatpur 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 Kotadol (8.2 km), Sagra (9.4 km) and Tikaritola (10 km).

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

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