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About Badgaon Village

Badgaon is a mid sized village in Kirnapur tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,342, made up of 670 males and 672 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,003 females per 1000 males. The village covers 447.71 hectares hectares.

Badgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Kirnapur
Area (hectares) 447.71 hectares
Population 1,342
Male Population 670
Female Population 672
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,003
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badgaon compares

By the 2011 count Badgaon is the 63rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents. Its 447.71 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Getting to Badgaon

Badgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badgaon as Available within 5 - 10 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 Badgaon from other places

Badgaon lies about 46 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Amgaon, about 24 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
Tehsil headquarters Kirnapur 21 km
Nearest railway station Amgaon 24 km
Nearest town Gondiā 34 km
District headquarters Balaghat 46 km

Villages closest to Badgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kirnapur 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 1,342. That makes it the 63rd largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,305 residents.

Badgaon village has 670 males and 672 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgaon has about 1003 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1024.

Badgaon covers 447.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Badgaon is Amgaon, about 24 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 village for Badgaon.

Badgaon is about 46 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 Kirnapur tehsil of Balaghat district. Kirnapur is about 21 km away. Amgaon is about 24 km away. Gondiā is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kholmara (2.0 km), Kosmara (3.6 km) and Pipalgaon Kalan (3.8 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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