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About Bachhwada Village

Bachhwada is a mid sized village in Babai tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,279, made up of 679 males and 600 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 392.05 hectares hectares.

Bachhwada Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bachhwada village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Babai
Area (hectares) 392.05 hectares
Population 1,279
Male Population 679
Female Population 600
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 884
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Bachhwada compares

By the 2011 count Bachhwada is the 36th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents. Its 392.05 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Getting to Bachhwada

Bachhwada is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Bachhwada as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Bachhwada from other places

Bachhwada lies about 26 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Guramkhedi, about 19 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 Bachhwada
Tehsil headquarters Babai 12 km
Nearest railway station Guramkhedi 19 km
Nearest town Sohāgpur 25 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 26 km

Villages closest to Bachhwada

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Bachhwada village had a population of 1,279. That makes it the 36th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,121 residents.

Bachhwada village has 679 males and 600 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bachhwada has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 915.

Bachhwada covers 392.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Bachhwada falls under Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Bachhwada is Guramkhedi, about 19 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Bachhwada.

Bachhwada is about 26 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bachhwada is in Babai tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Babai is about 12 km away. Guramkhedi is about 19 km away. Sohāgpur is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nasirabad (under 2 km), Panjra Khurd (under 2 km) and Bhatwadi (1.7 km).

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

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