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About Badarkha Village

Badarkha is a small village in Karera tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 385, made up of 197 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 954 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180.54 hectares hectares.

Badarkha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badarkha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Karera
Area (hectares) 180.54 hectares
Population 385
Male Population 197
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 954
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Badarkha compares

By the 2011 count Badarkha is the 92nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents. Its 180.54 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 857.

Getting to Badarkha

The census records public bus service for Badarkha 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badarkha from other places

Badarkha lies about 67 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Karari, about 20 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 Badarkha
Tehsil headquarters Karera 19 km
Nearest railway station Karari 20 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 67 km

Villages closest to Badarkha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badarkha village had a population of 385. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 100 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,656 residents.

Badarkha village has 197 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badarkha has about 954 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 857.

Badarkha covers 180.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badarkha falls under Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badarkha is Karari, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badarkha.

Badarkha is about 67 km from Shivpuri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badarkha is in Karera tehsil of Shivpuri district. Karera is about 19 km away. Karari is about 20 km away. Shivpuri is about 67 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gora (under 2 km), Dinara (1.6 km) and Sewdi Kalan (1.8 km).

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

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