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About Badkundri Village

Badkundri is a large village in Hukeri tehsil, in the district of Belgaum, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,262, made up of 1,631 males and 1,631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 707.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 591309, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badkundri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkundri village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Belgaum
Tehsil Hukeri
Pincode 591309
Area (hectares) 707.8 hectares
Population 3,262
Male Population 1,631
Female Population 1,631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Badkundri compares

By the 2011 count Badkundri is the 34th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents. Its 707.8 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 999.

Getting to Badkundri

Badkundri is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badkundri 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badkundri from other places

Badkundri lies about 52 km from Belgaum, and the nearest railway station is Bagewadi, about 31 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 Badkundri
Nearest town Sankeshwar 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Hukeri 17 km
Nearest railway station Bagewadi 31 km
District headquarters Belgaum 52 km

Villages closest to Badkundri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badkundri village had a population of 3,262. That makes it the 34th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,792 residents.

Badkundri village has 1,631 males and 1,631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkundri has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 999.

The pincode recorded for Badkundri is 591309. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badkundri covers 707.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badkundri falls under Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Badkundri is Bagewadi, about 31 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Badkundri is about 52 km from Belgaum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badkundri is in Hukeri tehsil of Belgaum district. Sankeshwar is about 6.7 km away. Hukeri is about 17 km away. Bagewadi is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bad (under 2 km), Karajage (under 2 km) and Haragapur (2.7 km).

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

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