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About Badagaon Village

Badagaon is a mid sized village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,637, made up of 864 males and 773 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 556 hectares hectares.

Badagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badagaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Rithi
Area (hectares) 556 hectares
Population 1,637
Male Population 864
Female Population 773
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 895
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Badagaon compares

By the 2011 count Badagaon is the 20th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 556 hectares work out to about 2.9 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 963.

Getting to Badagaon

Badagaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badagaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Badagaon from other places

Badagaon lies about 9.9 km from Katni, and the nearest railway station is Madhavnagar Road, about 7.7 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 Badagaon
Nearest railway station Madhavnagar Road 7.7 km
District headquarters Katni 9.9 km
Nearest town Murwāra 9.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Rithi 23 km

Villages closest to Badagaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badagaon village had a population of 1,637. That makes it the 20th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Badagaon village has 864 males and 773 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badagaon has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 963.

Badagaon covers 556 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badagaon falls under Rithi tehsil of Katni district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badagaon is Madhavnagar Road, about 7.7 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badagaon.

Badagaon is about 9.9 km from Katni in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badagaon is in Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Madhavnagar Road is about 7.7 km away. Katni is about 9.9 km away. Murwāra is about 9.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Deori Kalan (2.6 km), Deori Khurd (2.9 km) and Ghinauchi (3.5 km).

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

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