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About Badua Village

Badua is a small village in Kundam tehsil, in the district of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 471, made up of 225 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,093 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360.42 hectares hectares.

Badua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badua village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Jabalpur
Tehsil Kundam
Area (hectares) 360.42 hectares
Population 471
Male Population 225
Female Population 246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,093
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badua compares

By the 2011 count Badua is the 107th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 603 residents. Its 360.42 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Badua

Badua is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badua 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 Badua from other places

Badua lies about 42 km from Jabalpur, and the nearest railway station is Gosalpur, about 31 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 Badua
Tehsil headquarters Kundam 5.9 km
Nearest railway station Gosalpur 31 km
Nearest town Sihorā 34 km
District headquarters Jabalpur 42 km

Villages closest to Badua

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badua village had a population of 471. That makes it the 107th largest of the 174 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 603 residents.

Badua village has 225 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badua has about 1093 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

Badua covers 360.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badua falls under Kundam tehsil of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badua is Gosalpur, about 31 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 Badua.

Badua is about 42 km from Jabalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badua is in Kundam tehsil of Jabalpur district. Kundam is about 5.9 km away. Gosalpur is about 31 km away. Sihorā 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 Karanpura (2.5 km), Lahsar (2.9 km) and Ghodatakan (2.9 km).

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

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