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About Badgaon Village

Badgaon is a large village in Arang tehsil, in the district of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,067, made up of 1,031 males and 1,036 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 644.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 492101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgaon village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Raipur
Tehsil Arang
Pincode 492101
Area (hectares) 644.39 hectares
Population 2,067
Male Population 1,031
Female Population 1,036
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,005
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badgaon compares

By the 2011 count Badgaon is the 48th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents. Its 644.39 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

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 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 Badgaon from other places

Badgaon lies about 41 km from Raipur, and the nearest railway station is Belsonda, about 7.5 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
Tehsil headquarters Arang 7.1 km
Nearest railway station Belsonda 7.5 km
Nearest town Mahāsamund 14 km
District headquarters Raipur 41 km

Villages closest to Badgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Arang 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 2,067. That makes it the 48th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,723 residents.

Badgaon village has 1,031 males and 1,036 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgaon has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Badgaon is 492101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badgaon covers 644.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badgaon falls under Arang tehsil of Raipur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badgaon is Belsonda, about 7.5 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 Badgaon.

Badgaon is about 41 km from Raipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badgaon is in Arang tehsil of Raipur district. Arang is about 7.1 km away. Belsonda is about 7.5 km away. Mahāsamund is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Benidih (2.3 km), Ratakat (3.1 km) and Gudguda (3.3 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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