About Badkan Village

Badkan is a mid sized village in Birsinghpur tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 849, made up of 427 males and 422 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 360.42 hectares hectares.

Badkan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkan village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Satna
Tehsil	Birsinghpur
Area (hectares)	360.42 hectares
Population	849
Male Population	427
Female Population	422
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
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 Badkan compares

By the 2011 count Badkan is the 45th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 360.42 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 928.

Getting to Badkan

Badkan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Badkan 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 Badkan from other places

Badkan lies about 41 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Barah Maufi, about 22 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 Badkan
Tehsil headquarters	Birsinghpur	14 km
Nearest railway station	Barah Maufi	22 km
District headquarters	Satna	41 km

Villages closest to Badkan

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

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Common questions about Badkan

As per the Census of India 2011, Badkan village had a population of 849. That makes it the 45th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Badkan village has 427 males and 422 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkan has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 928.

Badkan covers 360.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badkan falls under Birsinghpur tehsil of Satna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badkan is Barah Maufi, about 22 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 Badkan.

Badkan is about 41 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badkan is in Birsinghpur tehsil of Satna district. Birsinghpur is about 14 km away. Barah Maufi is about 22 km away. Satna is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.