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About Badkhera Village

Badkhera is a large village in Rithi tehsil, in the district of Katni, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,681, made up of 1,891 males and 1,790 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 902 hectares hectares.

Badkhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkhera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Katni
Tehsil Rithi
Area (hectares) 902 hectares
Population 3,681
Male Population 1,891
Female Population 1,790
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badkhera compares

By the 2011 count Badkhera is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 902 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

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 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 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 Rithi 22 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 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 Badkhera

As per the Census of India 2011, Badkhera village had a population of 3,681. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Badkhera village has 1,891 males and 1,790 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkhera has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Badkhera covers 902 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badkhera falls under Rithi 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 5 - 10 km distance 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 Rithi tehsil of Katni district. Salaia is about 8.7 km away. Rithi is about 22 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 Umariya (4.5 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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