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About Badal Kocha Village

Badal Kocha is a small village in Dumaria tehsil, in the district of Purbi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 150 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 813 females per 1000 males. The village covers 201 hectares hectares.

Badal Kocha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badal Kocha village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Purbi Singhbhum
Tehsil Dumaria
Area (hectares) 201 hectares
Population 272
Male Population 150
Female Population 122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 813
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badal Kocha compares

By the 2011 count Badal Kocha is the 82nd largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 688 residents. Its 201 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Getting to Badal Kocha

Badal Kocha is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Badal Kocha as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Badal Kocha from other places

Badal Kocha lies about 119 km from Purbi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, 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 Badal Kocha
Nearest railway station Chakradharpur 25 km
Tehsil headquarters Dumaria 34 km
District headquarters Purbi Singhbhum 119 km

Villages closest to Badal Kocha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dumaria 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 Badal Kocha

As per the Census of India 2011, Badal Kocha village had a population of 272. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 89 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 688 residents.

Badal Kocha village has 150 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badal Kocha has about 813 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1003.

Badal Kocha covers 201 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badal Kocha falls under Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badal Kocha is Chakradharpur, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badal Kocha.

Badal Kocha is about 119 km from Purbi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badal Kocha is in Dumaria tehsil of Purbi Singhbhum district. Chakradharpur is about 25 km away. Dumaria is about 34 km away. Purbi Singhbhum is about 119 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bakra Kocha (under 2 km), Damukocha (under 2 km) and Kaliyam Kocha (under 2 km).

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

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