About Badbhum Village

Badbhum is a mid sized village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,326, made up of 662 males and 664 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 600.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badbhum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badbhum village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargaon
Pincode	491661
Area (hectares)	600.34 hectares
Population	1,326
Male Population	662
Female Population	664
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,003
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badbhum compares

By the 2011 count Badbhum is the 34th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 600.34 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Badbhum

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

Badbhum lies about 22 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 21 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 Badbhum
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargaon	5.2 km
Nearest railway station	Bakal	21 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	22 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	22 km

Villages closest to Badbhum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badbhum village had a population of 1,326. That makes it the 34th largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Badbhum village has 662 males and 664 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badbhum has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Badbhum is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badbhum covers 600.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badbhum falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badbhum is Bakal, about 21 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 Badbhum.

Badbhum is about 22 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badbhum is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargaon is about 5.2 km away. Bakal is about 21 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.