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About Badkher Village

Badkher is a mid sized village in Birsinghpur tehsil, in the district of Satna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,781, made up of 934 males and 847 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 305.44 hectares hectares.

Badkher Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkher village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Satna
Tehsil Birsinghpur
Area (hectares) 305.44 hectares
Population 1,781
Male Population 934
Female Population 847
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 907
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Badkher compares

By the 2011 count Badkher is the 15th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 812 residents. Its 305.44 hectares work out to about 5.8 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 928.

Getting to Badkher

Badkher is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badkher as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badkher from other places

Badkher lies about 10 km from Satna, and the nearest railway station is Sagma, about 6.6 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 Badkher
Nearest railway station Sagma 6.6 km
District headquarters Satna 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Birsinghpur 26 km

Villages closest to Badkher

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.

Common questions about Badkher

As per the Census of India 2011, Badkher village had a population of 1,781. That makes it the 15th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 812 residents.

Badkher village has 934 males and 847 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkher has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 928.

Badkher covers 305.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Badkher is Sagma, about 6.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badkher.

Badkher is about 10 km from Satna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badkher is in Birsinghpur tehsil of Satna district. Sagma is about 6.6 km away. Satna is about 10 km away. Birsinghpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kadrohi (6.3 km), Alhai (7.7 km) and Mauhar (11 km).

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

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