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About Badro Village

Badro is a mid sized village in Pirtanr tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 641, made up of 339 males and 302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 891 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badro Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badro village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Pirtanr
Pincode 825108
Area (hectares) 159 hectares
Population 641
Male Population 339
Female Population 302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 891
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badro compares

By the 2011 count Badro is the 53rd largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 572 residents. Its 159 hectares work out to about 4.0 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 990.

Getting to Badro

Badro is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Badro as Available within 10+ 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 Badro from other places

Badro lies about 33 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Chegro, about 1.7 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 Badro
Nearest railway station Chegro 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Pirtanr 13 km
Nearest town Gomoh 20 km
District headquarters Giridih 33 km

Villages closest to Badro

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badro village had a population of 641. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 572 residents.

Badro village has 339 males and 302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badro has about 891 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Badro is 825108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badro covers 159 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badro falls under Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badro is Chegro, about 1.7 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 10+ km distance for Badro.

Badro is about 33 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badro is in Pirtanr tehsil of Giridih district. Chegro is about 1.7 km away. Pirtanr is about 13 km away. Gomoh is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tuio (2.6 km), Lusiodih (3.6 km) and Madhudih (4.3 km).

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

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