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About Badhera Village

Badhera is a small village in Gairatganj tehsil, in the district of Raisen, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 126, made up of 68 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 853 females per 1000 males. The village covers 237.48 hectares hectares.

Badhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Raisen
Tehsil Gairatganj
Area (hectares) 237.48 hectares
Population 126
Male Population 68
Female Population 58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 853
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhera compares

By the 2011 count Badhera is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 655 residents. Its 237.48 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Badhera

Badhera is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Badhera as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Badhera from other places

Badhera lies about 26 km from Raisen, and the nearest railway station is Sorai, about 21 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 Badhera
Nearest railway station Sorai 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Gairatganj 22 km
Nearest town Vidisha 23 km
District headquarters Raisen 26 km

Villages closest to Badhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhera village had a population of 126. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 655 residents.

Badhera village has 68 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhera has about 853 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

Badhera covers 237.48 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badhera falls under Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badhera is Sorai, about 21 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 10+ km distance for Badhera.

Badhera is about 26 km from Raisen in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhera is in Gairatganj tehsil of Raisen district. Sorai is about 21 km away. Gairatganj is about 22 km away. Vidisha is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badher (under 2 km), Chandpura (under 2 km) and Baber (under 2 km).

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

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