About Badam Village

Badam is one of the larger villages in Barkagaon tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 7,015, made up of 3,636 males and 3,379 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 234 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825311, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badam village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Hazaribagh
Tehsil	Barkagaon
Pincode	825311
Area (hectares)	234 hectares
Population	7,015
Male Population	3,636
Female Population	3,379
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badam compares

By the 2011 count Badam is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 234 hectares work out to about 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Badam

Badam is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badam as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Badam from other places

Badam lies about 19 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Bes, about 8.4 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 Badam
Tehsil headquarters	Barkagaon	7.3 km
Nearest railway station	Bes	8.4 km
District headquarters	Hazaribagh	19 km
Nearest town	Hazāribāgh	19 km

Villages closest to Badam

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

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Common questions about Badam

As per the Census of India 2011, Badam village had a population of 7,015. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Badam village has 3,636 males and 3,379 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badam has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Badam is 825311. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badam covers 234 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 30 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Badam falls under Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badam is Bes, about 8.4 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 village for Badam.

Badam is about 19 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badam is in Barkagaon tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Barkagaon is about 7.3 km away. Bes is about 8.4 km away. Hazaribagh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.