About Badkanar Village

Badkanar is a small village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Narayanpur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 27, made up of 17 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 588 females per 1000 males. The village covers 207.77 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badkanar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkanar village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Narayanpur
Tehsil	Narayanpur
Pincode	494661
Area (hectares)	207.77 hectares
Population	27
Male Population	17
Female Population	10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	588
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badkanar compares

By the 2011 count Badkanar is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 478 residents. Its 207.77 hectares work out to about 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Badkanar

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

Badkanar lies about 24 km from Narayanpur, and the nearest railway station is Gidam, about 64 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 Badkanar
Tehsil headquarters	Narayanpur	24 km
Nearest town	Nārāinpur	24 km
Nearest railway station	Gidam	64 km

Villages closest to Badkanar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badkanar village had a population of 27. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 478 residents.

Badkanar village has 17 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkanar has about 588 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Badkanar is 494661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badkanar covers 207.77 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badkanar falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badkanar is Gidam, about 64 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 Badkanar.

Badkanar is about 24 km from Narayanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badkanar is in Narayanpur tehsil of Narayanpur district. Narayanpur is about 24 km away. Nārāinpur is about 24 km away. Gidam is about 64 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.