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About Badkhera Village

Badkhera is a mid sized village in Dhimarkheda tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,364, made up of 690 males and 674 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 977 females per 1000 males. The village covers 596 hectares hectares.

Badkhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkhera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Dhimarkheda
Area (hectares) 596 hectares
Population 1,364
Male Population 690
Female Population 674
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 977
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Badkhera compares

By the 2011 count Badkhera is the 30th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 914 residents. Its 596 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 958.

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 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 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 8.8 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Madhavnagar Road, about 3.2 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 Madhavnagar Road 3.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhimarkheda 8.8 km
District headquarters Katni 8.8 km
Nearest town Murwāra 8.8 km

Villages closest to Badkhera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhimarkheda 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 1,364. That makes it the 30th largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 914 residents.

Badkhera village has 690 males and 674 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkhera has about 977 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 958.

Badkhera covers 596 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Badkhera is Madhavnagar Road, about 3.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Badkhera.

Badkhera is about 8.8 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 Dhimarkheda tehsil of Katni district. Madhavnagar Road is about 3.2 km away. Dhimarkheda is about 8.8 km away. Katni is about 8.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chhahar (1.9 km), Kachhargaon (4.1 km) and Singhanpuri (5.6 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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