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About Badaga Village

Badaga is a mid sized village in Heggadadevankote tehsil, in the district of Mysore, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,117, made up of 555 males and 562 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 530.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 571121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badaga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badaga village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Mysore
Tehsil Heggadadevankote
Pincode 571121
Area (hectares) 530.65 hectares
Population 1,117
Male Population 555
Female Population 562
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,013
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badaga compares

By the 2011 count Badaga is the 78th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 982 residents. Its 530.65 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Badaga

Badaga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badaga as Available within village. 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 Badaga from other places

Badaga lies about 53 km from Mysore, and the nearest railway station is Nanjangud Town, about 41 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 Badaga
Tehsil headquarters Heggadadevankote 22 km
Nearest town Gundlupēt 34 km
Nearest railway station Nanjangud Town 41 km
District headquarters Mysore 53 km

Villages closest to Badaga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badaga village had a population of 1,117. That makes it the 78th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 982 residents.

Badaga village has 555 males and 562 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badaga has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Badaga is 571121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badaga covers 530.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badaga falls under Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Badaga is Nanjangud Town, about 41 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badaga.

Badaga is about 53 km from Mysore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badaga is in Heggadadevankote tehsil of Mysore district. Heggadadevankote is about 22 km away. Gundlupēt is about 34 km away. Nanjangud Town is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nemmanahalli (2.1 km), Katawalu (2.7 km) and Moleyurukaval (3.0 km).

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

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