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About Badh Village

Badh is a small village in Karahal tehsil, in the district of Sheopur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 493, made up of 265 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 860 females per 1000 males. The village covers 531 hectares hectares.

Badh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badh village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sheopur
Tehsil Karahal
Area (hectares) 531 hectares
Population 493
Male Population 265
Female Population 228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 860
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badh compares

By the 2011 count Badh is the 71st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,108 residents. Its 531 hectares work out to about 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Getting to Badh

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

Badh lies about 47 km from Sheopur, and the nearest railway station is Sheopur Kalan, about 47 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 Badh
Tehsil headquarters Karahal 9.8 km
District headquarters Sheopur 47 km
Nearest railway station Sheopur Kalan 47 km

Villages closest to Badh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badh village had a population of 493. That makes it the 71st largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,108 residents.

Badh village has 265 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badh has about 860 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 914.

Badh covers 531 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badh falls under Karahal tehsil of Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badh is Sheopur Kalan, about 47 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Badh.

Badh is about 47 km from Sheopur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badh is in Karahal tehsil of Sheopur district. Karahal is about 9.8 km away. Sheopur is about 47 km away. Sheopur Kalan is about 47 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barai (under 2 km), Bardha Khurd (under 2 km) and Khirkhiri (under 2 km).

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

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