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About Badkud Village

Badkud is a large village in Chitrangi tehsil, in the district of Singrauli, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,278, made up of 1,164 males and 1,114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 957 females per 1000 males. The village covers 676.06 hectares hectares.

Badkud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkud village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Singrauli
Tehsil Chitrangi
Area (hectares) 676.06 hectares
Population 2,278
Male Population 1,164
Female Population 1,114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 957
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badkud compares

By the 2011 count Badkud is the 35th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents. Its 676.06 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Badkud

Badkud is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badkud as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Badkud from other places

Badkud lies about 63 km from Singrauli, and the nearest railway station is Bargawan, about 51 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 Badkud
Tehsil headquarters Chitrangi 33 km
Nearest town Mauganj 39 km
Nearest railway station Bargawan 51 km
District headquarters Singrauli 63 km

Villages closest to Badkud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badkud village had a population of 2,278. That makes it the 35th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,096 residents.

Badkud village has 1,164 males and 1,114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkud has about 957 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 939.

Badkud covers 676.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badkud falls under Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badkud is Bargawan, about 51 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 village for Badkud.

Badkud is about 63 km from Singrauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badkud is in Chitrangi tehsil of Singrauli district. Chitrangi is about 33 km away. Mauganj is about 39 km away. Bargawan is about 51 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jhaparhawa (10 km), Tenduha (13 km) and Khairpur (14 km).

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

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