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About Badu Village

Badu is a small village in Kuchai tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 59, made up of 26 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,269 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badu village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Kuchai
Pincode 833101
Area (hectares) 38 hectares
Population 59
Male Population 26
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,269
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 Badu compares

By the 2011 count Badu is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 38 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Badu

Badu is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Badu 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 Badu from other places

Badu lies about 12 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Sini Junction, about 6.0 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 Badu
Nearest railway station Sini Junction 6.0 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 12 km
Nearest town Gobindpur 18 km
Tehsil headquarters Kuchai 23 km

Villages closest to Badu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badu village had a population of 59. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Badu village has 26 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badu has about 1269 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Badu is 833101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badu covers 38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badu falls under Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Badu is Sini Junction, about 6.0 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badu.

Badu is about 12 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badu is in Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Sini Junction is about 6.0 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 12 km away. Gobindpur is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gopidih (11 km), Salaidih (16 km) and Dhadkidih (16 km).

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

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