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About Badigwad Village

Badigwad is a large village in Gokak tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,304, made up of 2,178 males and 2,126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 849.68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591231, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badigwad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badigwad village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Gokak
Pincode 591231
Area (hectares) 849.68 hectares
Population 4,304
Male Population 2,178
Female Population 2,126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 976
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Badigwad compares

By the 2011 count Badigwad is the 34th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents. Its 849.68 hectares work out to about 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Badigwad

Badigwad 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 Badigwad as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badigwad from other places

Badigwad lies about 56 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Ghataprabha, about 4.8 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 Badigwad
Nearest railway station Ghataprabha 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Gokak 12 km
District headquarters Belgaum 56 km

Villages closest to Badigwad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badigwad village had a population of 4,304. That makes it the 34th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,673 residents.

Badigwad village has 2,178 males and 2,126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badigwad has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Badigwad is 591231. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badigwad covers 849.68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badigwad falls under Gokak tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Badigwad is Ghataprabha, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Badigwad.

Badigwad is about 56 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badigwad is in Gokak tehsil of Belgaum district. Ghataprabha is about 4.8 km away. Gokak is about 12 km away. Belgaum is about 56 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pamaladinni (under 2 km), Ganeshwadi (2.1 km) and Duradundi (2.7 km).

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

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