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About Badagi Village

Badagi is a small village in Sirsi tehsil, in the district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 450, made up of 240 males and 210 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 633.74 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 581315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badagi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badagi village
Description Value
State Karnataka
District Uttara Kannada
Tehsil Sirsi
Pincode 581315
Area (hectares) 633.74 hectares
Population 450
Male Population 240
Female Population 210
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badagi compares

By the 2011 count Badagi is the 109th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 548 residents. Its 633.74 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

Getting to Badagi

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

Badagi lies about 20 km from Uttara Kannada, and the nearest railway station is Mirjan, about 27 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 Badagi
District headquarters Uttara Kannada 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Sirsi 21 km
Nearest railway station Mirjan 27 km

Villages closest to Badagi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badagi village had a population of 450. That makes it the 109th largest of the 221 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 548 residents.

Badagi village has 240 males and 210 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badagi has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 988.

The pincode recorded for Badagi is 581315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badagi covers 633.74 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badagi falls under Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Badagi is Mirjan, about 27 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 Badagi.

Badagi is about 20 km from Uttara Kannada in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badagi is in Sirsi tehsil of Uttara Kannada district. Uttara Kannada is about 20 km away. Sirsi is about 21 km away. Mirjan is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bandal (2.1 km), Khurse (3.5 km) and Hosur (4.0 km).

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

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