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About Badgunda Village

Badgunda is a large village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,717, made up of 1,402 males and 1,315 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 601 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badgunda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgunda village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Gande
Pincode 815302
Area (hectares) 601 hectares
Population 2,717
Male Population 1,402
Female Population 1,315
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 938
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Badgunda compares

By the 2011 count Badgunda is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 601 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Badgunda

The census records public bus service for Badgunda as Available within <5 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badgunda from other places

Badgunda lies about 16 km from Gande, and the nearest railway station is Giridih, about 22 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 Badgunda
Tehsil headquarters Gande 16 km
Nearest railway station Giridih 22 km

Villages closest to Badgunda

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badgunda village had a population of 2,717. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Badgunda village has 1,402 males and 1,315 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgunda has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Badgunda is 815302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badgunda covers 601 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badgunda falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badgunda is Giridih, about 22 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 - 10 km distance for Badgunda.

Badgunda is about 16 km from Gande in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badgunda is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 16 km away. Giridih is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jahanabad (under 2 km), Shankarpur (2.4 km) and Karmai (3.0 km).

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

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