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About Badagakajekar Village

Badagakajekar is a large village in Bantval tehsil, in the district of Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,919, made up of 1,411 males and 1,508 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,069 females per 1000 males. The village covers 749.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 574233, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badagakajekar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badagakajekar village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Dakshina Kannada
Tehsil Bantval
Pincode 574233
Area (hectares) 749.74 hectares
Population 2,919
Male Population 1,411
Female Population 1,508
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,069
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badagakajekar compares

By the 2011 count Badagakajekar is the 45th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents. Its 749.74 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Badagakajekar

Badagakajekar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badagakajekar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Badagakajekar from other places

Badagakajekar lies about 11 km from Dakshina Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Neralakatte, about 13 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 Badagakajekar
District headquarters Dakshina Kannada 11 km
Nearest railway station Neralakatte 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Bantval 17 km
Nearest town Bantvāl 17 km

Villages closest to Badagakajekar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badagakajekar village had a population of 2,919. That makes it the 45th largest of the 72 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,882 residents.

Badagakajekar village has 1,411 males and 1,508 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badagakajekar has about 1069 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Badagakajekar is 574233. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badagakajekar covers 749.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badagakajekar falls under Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Badagakajekar is Neralakatte, about 13 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Badagakajekar.

Badagakajekar is about 11 km from Dakshina Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badagakajekar is in Bantval tehsil of Dakshina Kannada district. Dakshina Kannada is about 11 km away. Neralakatte is about 13 km away. Bantval 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 Tenkakajekar (1.7 km), Uli (3.3 km) and Kavalmudur (5.5 km).

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

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