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About Badgaon Village

Badgaon is a mid sized village in Baihar tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 584, made up of 284 males and 300 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 272.87 hectares hectares.

Badgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Baihar
Area (hectares) 272.87 hectares
Population 584
Male Population 284
Female Population 300
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,056
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badgaon compares

By the 2011 count Badgaon is the 146th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 763 residents. Its 272.87 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 1032.

Getting to Badgaon

Badgaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badgaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Badgaon from other places

Badgaon lies about 67 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Bamhani Banjar, about 58 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 Badgaon
Nearest town Malajkhand 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Baihar 21 km
Nearest railway station Bamhani Banjar 58 km
District headquarters Balaghat 67 km

Villages closest to Badgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badgaon village had a population of 584. That makes it the 146th largest of the 284 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 763 residents.

Badgaon village has 284 males and 300 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgaon has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1032.

Badgaon covers 272.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badgaon falls under Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badgaon is Bamhani Banjar, about 58 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badgaon.

Badgaon is about 67 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badgaon is in Baihar tehsil of Balaghat district. Malajkhand is about 7.6 km away. Baihar is about 21 km away. Bamhani Banjar is about 58 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Balgaon (under 2 km), Bhadgaon (1.5 km) and Bakiguda (2.3 km).

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

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