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About Badri Village

Badri is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,389, made up of 666 males and 723 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835331, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badri village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Gumla
Tehsil Ghaghra
Pincode 835331
Area (hectares) 404 hectares
Population 1,389
Male Population 666
Female Population 723
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,086
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badri compares

By the 2011 count Badri is the 22nd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 404 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

Getting to Badri

Badri is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badri as Available within 5 - 10 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badri from other places

Badri lies about 23 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 25 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 Badri
Tehsil headquarters Ghaghra 7.5 km
Nearest town Lohārdagā 22 km
District headquarters Gumla 23 km
Nearest railway station Lohardaga 25 km

Villages closest to Badri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badri village had a population of 1,389. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Badri village has 666 males and 723 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badri has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1002.

The pincode recorded for Badri is 835331. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badri covers 404 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badri falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badri is Lohardaga, about 25 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badri.

Badri is about 23 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badri is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 7.5 km away. Lohārdagā is about 22 km away. Gumla is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhobni (under 2 km), Khapiya (2.1 km) and Tilsiri (2.1 km).

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

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