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About Badgaon Village

Badgaon is a mid sized village in Paraswada tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 818, made up of 405 males and 413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,020 females per 1000 males. The village covers 572.46 hectares hectares.

Badgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Paraswada
Area (hectares) 572.46 hectares
Population 818
Male Population 405
Female Population 413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,020
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badgaon compares

By the 2011 count Badgaon is the 43rd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 626 residents. Its 572.46 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1052.

Getting to Badgaon

Badgaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badgaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 18 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Saongi, about 4.9 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 railway station Saongi 4.9 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 8.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Paraswada 18 km
District headquarters Balaghat 18 km

Villages closest to Badgaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Paraswada 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 818. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 626 residents.

Badgaon village has 405 males and 413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgaon has about 1020 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1052.

Badgaon covers 572.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Badgaon is Saongi, about 4.9 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 km distance for Badgaon.

Badgaon is about 18 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 Paraswada tehsil of Balaghat district. Saongi is about 4.9 km away. Wārāseonī is about 8.6 km away. Paraswada is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khamariya (4.1 km), Khurmundi (5.4 km) and Danutola (6.8 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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