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About Badalpur Village

Badalpur is a mid sized village in Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Jamtara, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 991, made up of 532 males and 459 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 216 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815352, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badalpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Jamtara
Tehsil Narayanpur
Pincode 815352
Area (hectares) 216 hectares
Population 991
Male Population 532
Female Population 459
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 863
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 Badalpur compares

By the 2011 count Badalpur is the 45th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 216 hectares work out to about 4.6 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 961.

Getting to Badalpur

Badalpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badalpur 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 Badalpur from other places

Badalpur lies about 141 km from Jamtara, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 7.0 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 Badalpur
Nearest railway station Ekchari 7.0 km
Nearest town Colgong 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Narayanpur 12 km
District headquarters Jamtara 141 km

Villages closest to Badalpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badalpur village had a population of 991. That makes it the 45th largest of the 229 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Badalpur village has 532 males and 459 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badalpur has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Badalpur is 815352. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badalpur covers 216 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badalpur falls under Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badalpur is Ekchari, about 7.0 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 Badalpur.

Badalpur is about 141 km from Jamtara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badalpur is in Narayanpur tehsil of Jamtara district. Ekchari is about 7.0 km away. Colgong is about 10 km away. Narayanpur is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ratanpur (under 2 km), Chayenpur (4.3 km) and Patardih (5.4 km).

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

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