About Bad Bigha Village

Bad Bigha is a mid sized village in Tandwa tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 761, made up of 401 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 240 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825383, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bad Bigha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bad Bigha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Tandwa
Pincode	825383
Area (hectares)	240 hectares
Population	761
Male Population	401
Female Population	360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	898
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bad Bigha compares

By the 2011 count Bad Bigha is the 50th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents. Its 240 hectares work out to about 3.2 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 983.

Getting to Bad Bigha

Bad Bigha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Bad Bigha as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bad Bigha from other places

Bad Bigha lies about 28 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 5.4 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 Bad Bigha
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	5.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tandwa	14 km
District headquarters	Chatra	28 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	28 km

Villages closest to Bad Bigha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tandwa 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 Bad Bigha

As per the Census of India 2011, Bad Bigha village had a population of 761. That makes it the 50th largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,246 residents.

Bad Bigha village has 401 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bad Bigha has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Bad Bigha is 825383. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bad Bigha covers 240 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bad Bigha falls under Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Bad Bigha is Shivpur, about 5.4 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 within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Bad Bigha.

Bad Bigha is about 28 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bad Bigha is in Tandwa tehsil of Chatra district. Shivpur is about 5.4 km away. Tandwa is about 14 km away. Chatra is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.