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About Badwara Village

Badwara is a mid sized village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,244, made up of 632 males and 612 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 372 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badwara village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Bengabad
Pincode 815312
Area (hectares) 372 hectares
Population 1,244
Male Population 632
Female Population 612
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 968
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Badwara compares

By the 2011 count Badwara is the 27th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 372 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Badwara

The census records public bus service for Badwara as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badwara from other places

Badwara lies about 28 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Jamua, 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 Badwara
Tehsil headquarters Bengabad 15 km
Nearest railway station Jamua 21 km
District headquarters Giridih 28 km

Villages closest to Badwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badwara village had a population of 1,244. That makes it the 27th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Badwara village has 632 males and 612 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badwara has about 968 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Badwara is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badwara covers 372 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badwara falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badwara is Jamua, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badwara.

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

Badwara is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 15 km away. Jamua is about 21 km away. Giridih is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hathbor (under 2 km), Kolharia (1.6 km) and Mohaniapahari (2.2 km).

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

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