About Badgaon Village

Badgaon is a mid sized village in Pakhanjur tehsil, in the district of Uttar Bastar Kanker, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,241, made up of 696 males and 545 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 783 females per 1000 males. The village covers 485.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494226, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgaon village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Uttar Bastar Kanker
Tehsil	Pakhanjur
Pincode	494226
Area (hectares)	485.81 hectares
Population	1,241
Male Population	696
Female Population	545
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	783
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 24th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 540 residents. Its 485.81 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

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 50 km from Uttar Bastar Kanker, and the nearest railway station is Keoti, about 34 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	Pakhanjur	20 km
Nearest railway station	Keoti	34 km
District headquarters	Uttar Bastar Kanker	50 km
Nearest town	Dalli Rājhara	59 km

Villages closest to Badgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badgaon village had a population of 1,241. That makes it the 24th largest of the 293 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 540 residents.

Badgaon village has 696 males and 545 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgaon has about 783 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Badgaon is 494226. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badgaon covers 485.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badgaon falls under Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Badgaon is Keoti, about 34 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 50 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.

Badgaon is in Pakhanjur tehsil of Uttar Bastar Kanker district. Pakhanjur is about 20 km away. Keoti is about 34 km away. Uttar Bastar Kanker is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.