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About Badkadol Village

Badkadol is a small village in Jaisinghnagar tehsil, in the district of Shahdol, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 488, made up of 241 males and 247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 290.55 hectares hectares.

Badkadol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkadol village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shahdol
Tehsil Jaisinghnagar
Area (hectares) 290.55 hectares
Population 488
Male Population 241
Female Population 247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badkadol compares

By the 2011 count Badkadol is the 133rd largest of the 189 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 946 residents. Its 290.55 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Badkadol

Badkadol is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badkadol as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Badkadol from other places

Badkadol lies about 61 km from Shahdol, and the nearest railway station is Duvri Kalan, about 36 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 Badkadol
Tehsil headquarters Jaisinghnagar 35 km
Nearest railway station Duvri Kalan 36 km
Nearest town Beohāri 49 km
District headquarters Shahdol 61 km

Villages closest to Badkadol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badkadol village had a population of 488. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 189 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 946 residents.

Badkadol village has 241 males and 247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkadol has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 984.

Badkadol covers 290.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badkadol falls under Jaisinghnagar tehsil of Shahdol district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badkadol is Duvri Kalan, about 36 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 <5 km distance for Badkadol.

Badkadol is about 61 km from Shahdol in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badkadol is in Jaisinghnagar tehsil of Shahdol district. Jaisinghnagar is about 35 km away. Duvri Kalan is about 36 km away. Beohāri is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sidhi (8.1 km), Chhuihai Tola (12 km) and Chandaura (16 km).

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

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