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About Badgaon Village

Badgaon is a large village in Jirapur tehsil, in the district of Rajgarh, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,570, made up of 1,295 males and 1,275 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 985 females per 1000 males. The village covers 528.65 hectares hectares.

Badgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Rajgarh
Tehsil Jirapur
Area (hectares) 528.65 hectares
Population 2,570
Male Population 1,295
Female Population 1,275
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 985
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badgaon compares

By the 2011 count Badgaon is the 10th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 836 residents. Its 528.65 hectares work out to about 4.9 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 996.

Getting to Badgaon

Badgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badgaon 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 Badgaon from other places

Badgaon lies about 38 km from Rajgarh, and the nearest railway station is Jhalarapatan, about 50 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 Badgaon
Tehsil headquarters Jirapur 9.8 km
District headquarters Rajgarh 38 km
Nearest railway station Jhalarapatan 50 km

Villages closest to Badgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badgaon village had a population of 2,570. That makes it the 10th largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 836 residents.

Badgaon village has 1,295 males and 1,275 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgaon has about 985 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 996.

Badgaon covers 528.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badgaon falls under Jirapur tehsil of Rajgarh district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badgaon is Jhalarapatan, about 50 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 Badgaon.

Badgaon is about 38 km from Rajgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badgaon is in Jirapur tehsil of Rajgarh district. Jirapur is about 9.8 km away. Rajgarh is about 38 km away. Jhalarapatan is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ganeshganj (1.7 km), Gul Khedi (1.8 km) and Chokhanda (2.0 km).

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

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