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About Badarkha Village

Badarkha is a large village in Pichhore tehsil, in the district of Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,889, made up of 1,596 males and 1,293 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 810 females per 1000 males. The village covers 460.1 hectares hectares.

Badarkha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badarkha village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Shivpuri
Tehsil Pichhore
Area (hectares) 460.1 hectares
Population 2,889
Male Population 1,596
Female Population 1,293
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 810
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badarkha compares

By the 2011 count Badarkha is the 17th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents. Its 460.1 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 877.

Getting to Badarkha

Badarkha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badarkha as Available within 5 - 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 Badarkha from other places

Badarkha lies about 61 km from Shivpuri, and the nearest railway station is Burhpura, about 21 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 Pichhore 17 km
Nearest town Karera 20 km
Nearest railway station Burhpura 21 km
District headquarters Shivpuri 61 km

Villages closest to Badarkha

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pichhore 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 2,889. That makes it the 17th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,408 residents.

Badarkha village has 1,596 males and 1,293 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badarkha has about 810 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 877.

Badarkha covers 460.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Badarkha is Burhpura, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badarkha.

Badarkha is about 61 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 Pichhore tehsil of Shivpuri district. Pichhore is about 17 km away. Karera is about 20 km away. Burhpura is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Masuda (2.4 km), Bilrai (2.5 km) and Sujawani (3.6 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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