About Budhighar Village

Budhighar is a small village in Kanjipani tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 257, made up of 125 males and 132 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 552 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758018, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Budhighar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Budhighar village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Kendujhar
Tehsil	Kanjipani
Pincode	758018
Area (hectares)	552 hectares
Population	257
Male Population	125
Female Population	132
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Budhighar compares

By the 2011 count Budhighar is the 32nd largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 581 residents. Its 552 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1038.

Getting to Budhighar

Budhighar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Budhighar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Budhighar from other places

Budhighar lies about 20 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Basantapur, about 19 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 Budhighar
Tehsil headquarters	Kanjipani	5.7 km
Nearest railway station	Basantapur	19 km
District headquarters	Kendujhar	20 km
Nearest town	Keonjhargarh	20 km

Villages closest to Budhighar

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

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Common questions about Budhighar

As per the Census of India 2011, Budhighar village had a population of 257. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 581 residents.

Budhighar village has 125 males and 132 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Budhighar has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1038.

The pincode recorded for Budhighar is 758018. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Budhighar covers 552 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Budhighar falls under Kanjipani tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Budhighar is Basantapur, about 19 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 5 - 10 km distance for Budhighar.

Budhighar is about 20 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Budhighar is in Kanjipani tehsil of Kendujhar district. Kanjipani is about 5.7 km away. Basantapur is about 19 km away. Kendujhar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.