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About Badmal Village

Badmal is a small village in Pusour tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 158 males and 178 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,127 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badmal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badmal village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Pusour
Pincode 496440
Area (hectares) 195.97 hectares
Population 336
Male Population 158
Female Population 178
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,127
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badmal compares

By the 2011 count Badmal is the 129th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 934 residents. Its 195.97 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 989.

Getting to Badmal

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

Badmal lies about 15 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kotarlia, about 12 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 Badmal
Nearest railway station Kotarlia 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Pusour 15 km
District headquarters Raigarh 15 km

Villages closest to Badmal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badmal village had a population of 336. That makes it the 129th largest of the 141 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 934 residents.

Badmal village has 158 males and 178 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badmal has about 1127 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Badmal is 496440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badmal covers 195.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badmal falls under Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badmal is Kotarlia, about 12 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 Badmal.

Badmal is about 15 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badmal is in Pusour tehsil of Raigarh district. Kotarlia is about 12 km away. Pusour is about 15 km away. Raigarh is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rengalpali (1.6 km), Thengapali (1.7 km) and Ekatal (1.7 km).

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

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