About Badal Village

Badal is a mid sized village in Narharpur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,463, made up of 707 males and 756 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 950.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494333, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badal village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Narharpur
Pincode	494333
Area (hectares)	950.74 hectares
Population	1,463
Male Population	707
Female Population	756
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,069
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badal compares

By the 2011 count Badal is the 15th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 898 residents. Its 950.74 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1050.

Getting to Badal

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

Badal lies about 51 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Dhamtari, about 32 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 Badal
Tehsil headquarters	Narharpur	5.9 km
Nearest town	Kānker	28 km
Nearest railway station	Dhamtari	32 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	51 km

Villages closest to Badal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badal village had a population of 1,463. That makes it the 15th largest of the 118 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 898 residents.

Badal village has 707 males and 756 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badal has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1050.

The pincode recorded for Badal is 494333. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badal covers 950.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badal falls under Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badal is Dhamtari, about 32 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 Badal.

Badal is about 51 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badal is in Narharpur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Narharpur is about 5.9 km away. Kānker is about 28 km away. Dhamtari is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.