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About Badea Village

Badea is a small village in Khuntpani tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 473, made up of 252 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 877 females per 1000 males. The village covers 208 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badea Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badea village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil Khuntpani
Pincode 833201
Area (hectares) 208 hectares
Population 473
Male Population 252
Female Population 221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 877
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Badea compares

By the 2011 count Badea is the 72nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 723 residents. Its 208 hectares work out to about 2.3 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 1020.

Getting to Badea

Badea 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 Badea as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badea from other places

Badea lies about 22 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 3.8 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 Badea
Nearest railway station Rajkharsawan Junction 3.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Khuntpani 13 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 17 km
District headquarters Pashchimi Singhbhum 22 km

Villages closest to Badea

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badea village had a population of 473. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 723 residents.

Badea village has 252 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badea has about 877 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Badea is 833201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badea covers 208 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badea falls under Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badea is Rajkharsawan Junction, about 3.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badea.

Badea is about 22 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badea is in Khuntpani tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 3.8 km away. Khuntpani is about 13 km away. Chāībāsa is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gondai (under 2 km), Janumbera (under 2 km) and Tungi (1.7 km).

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

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