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About Badwel Village

Badwel is a large village in Maheshwar tehsil, in the district of Khargone, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,226, made up of 1,127 males and 1,099 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 975 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1016.96 hectares hectares.

Badwel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badwel village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Khargone
Tehsil Maheshwar
Area (hectares) 1016.96 hectares
Population 2,226
Male Population 1,127
Female Population 1,099
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 975
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badwel compares

By the 2011 count Badwel is the 22nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents. Its 1016.96 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 981.

Getting to Badwel

Badwel is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badwel 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badwel from other places

Badwel lies about 53 km from Khargone, and the nearest railway station is Patalpani Waterfall, about 30 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 Badwel
Tehsil headquarters Maheshwar 14 km
Nearest railway station Patalpani Waterfall 30 km
District headquarters Khargone 53 km

Villages closest to Badwel

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badwel village had a population of 2,226. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,128 residents.

Badwel village has 1,127 males and 1,099 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badwel has about 975 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 981.

Badwel covers 1016.96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badwel falls under Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badwel is Patalpani Waterfall, about 30 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Badwel.

Badwel is about 53 km from Khargone in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badwel is in Maheshwar tehsil of Khargone district. Maheshwar is about 14 km away. Patalpani Waterfall is about 30 km away. Khargone is about 53 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tekwa (2.4 km), Kachhikuwa (3.2 km) and Mohana (3.2 km).

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

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