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About Badla Chak Village

Badla Chak is a small village in Meherma tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 85 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,141 females per 1000 males. The village covers 30 hectares hectares.

Badla Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badla Chak village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Meherma
Area (hectares) 30 hectares
Population 182
Male Population 85
Female Population 97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,141
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Badla Chak compares

By the 2011 count Badla Chak is the 107th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents. Its 30 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Badla Chak

Badla Chak is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Badla Chak as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badla Chak from other places

Badla Chak lies about 20 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Mandar Hill, about 5.0 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 Badla Chak
Nearest railway station Mandar Hill 5.0 km
Nearest town Bānka 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Meherma 20 km
District headquarters Godda 20 km

Villages closest to Badla Chak

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Meherma 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 Badla Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Badla Chak village had a population of 182. That makes it the 107th largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,000 residents.

Badla Chak village has 85 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badla Chak has about 1141 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 929.

Badla Chak covers 30 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Badla Chak falls under Meherma tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badla Chak is Mandar Hill, about 5.0 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Badla Chak.

Badla Chak is about 20 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badla Chak is in Meherma tehsil of Godda district. Mandar Hill is about 5.0 km away. Bānka is about 17 km away. Meherma 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 Kandar Chak (under 2 km), Nima (5.0 km) and Mahuadih (8.2 km).

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

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