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About Badkhera Village

Badkhera is a large village in Bahoriband tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,417, made up of 1,202 males and 1,215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,011 females per 1000 males. The village covers 528.92 hectares hectares.

Badkhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkhera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Bahoriband
Area (hectares) 528.92 hectares
Population 2,417
Male Population 1,202
Female Population 1,215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,011
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badkhera compares

By the 2011 count Badkhera is the 17th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents. Its 528.92 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Badkhera

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

Badkhera lies about 48 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Salaia, about 8.7 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 Badkhera
Nearest railway station Salaia 8.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Bahoriband 31 km
Nearest town Hatta 41 km
District headquarters Katni 48 km

Villages closest to Badkhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badkhera village had a population of 2,417. That makes it the 17th largest of the 162 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,097 residents.

Badkhera village has 1,202 males and 1,215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkhera has about 1011 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 964.

Badkhera covers 528.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badkhera falls under Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badkhera is Salaia, about 8.7 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Badkhera.

Badkhera is about 48 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badkhera is in Bahoriband tehsil of Katni district. Salaia is about 8.7 km away. Bahoriband is about 31 km away. Hatta is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Imaliya (1.9 km), Jamuniya (3.4 km) and Raipura (4.0 km).

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

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