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About Badalpara Village

Badalpara is a small village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 64, made up of 28 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,286 females per 1000 males. The village covers 85 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816118, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badalpara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badalpara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Dumka
Tehsil Shikaripara
Pincode 816118
Area (hectares) 85 hectares
Population 64
Male Population 28
Female Population 36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,286
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badalpara compares

By the 2011 count Badalpara is the 219th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 85 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Badalpara

Badalpara is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badalpara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Badalpara from other places

Badalpara lies about 32 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 10 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 Badalpara
Nearest railway station Harinsing 10 km
Nearest town Rampur Hat 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Shikaripara 32 km
District headquarters Dumka 32 km

Villages closest to Badalpara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badalpara village had a population of 64. That makes it the 219th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Badalpara village has 28 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badalpara has about 1286 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Badalpara is 816118. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badalpara covers 85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badalpara falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badalpara is Harinsing, about 10 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badalpara.

Badalpara is about 32 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badalpara is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 10 km away. Rampur Hat is about 25 km away. Shikaripara is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kharijol (under 2 km), Kalyanpur (under 2 km) and Mastara (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Badalpara today is likely to be higher.

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