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About Badgaon Village

Badgaon is a mid sized village in Tamnar tehsil, in the district of Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 719, made up of 366 males and 353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 964 females per 1000 males. The village covers 545.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raigarh
Tehsil Tamnar
Pincode 496001
Area (hectares) 545.46 hectares
Population 719
Male Population 366
Female Population 353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 964
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badgaon compares

By the 2011 count Badgaon is the 55th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 848 residents. Its 545.46 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 998.

Getting to Badgaon

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

How far is Badgaon from other places

Badgaon lies about 10 km from Raigarh, and the nearest railway station is Kirodimal Nagar, about 10 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 Badgaon
District headquarters Raigarh 10 km
Nearest railway station Kirodimal Nagar 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Tamnar 12 km

Villages closest to Badgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badgaon village had a population of 719. That makes it the 55th largest of the 115 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 848 residents.

Badgaon village has 366 males and 353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgaon has about 964 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 998.

The pincode recorded for Badgaon is 496001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badgaon covers 545.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badgaon falls under Tamnar tehsil of Raigarh district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badgaon is Kirodimal Nagar, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance for Badgaon.

Badgaon is about 10 km from Raigarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badgaon is in Tamnar tehsil of Raigarh district. Raigarh is about 10 km away. Kirodimal Nagar is about 10 km away. Tamnar is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barkaspali (3.4 km), Karra Pali (3.4 km) and Pali (3.4 km).

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

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