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About Badarkha Village

Badarkha is a mid sized village in Hatod tehsil, in the district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 852, made up of 449 males and 403 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 322.51 hectares hectares.

Badarkha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badarkha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Indore
Tehsil Hatod
Area (hectares) 322.51 hectares
Population 852
Male Population 449
Female Population 403
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badarkha compares

By the 2011 count Badarkha is the 39th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents. Its 322.51 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Badarkha

Badarkha is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badarkha as Available within <5 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 Badarkha from other places

Badarkha lies about 19 km from Indore, and the nearest railway station is Balauda Takun, about 8.0 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 Badarkha
Tehsil headquarters Hatod 5.9 km
Nearest railway station Balauda Takun 8.0 km
Nearest town Bāngarda Chhota 15 km
District headquarters Indore 19 km

Villages closest to Badarkha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badarkha village had a population of 852. That makes it the 39th largest of the 59 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,206 residents.

Badarkha village has 449 males and 403 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badarkha has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Badarkha covers 322.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badarkha falls under Hatod tehsil of Indore district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badarkha is Balauda Takun, about 8.0 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 <5 km distance for Badarkha.

Badarkha is about 19 km from Indore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badarkha is in Hatod tehsil of Indore district. Hatod is about 5.9 km away. Balauda Takun is about 8.0 km away. Bāngarda Chhota is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mirjapur (under 2 km), Khajuriya (2.3 km) and Jamburdi Sarwar (3.1 km).

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

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