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About Badakula Village

Badakula is a mid sized village in Nayakote tehsil, in the district of Kendujhar, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 616, made up of 307 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 830 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 758018, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badakula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badakula village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Kendujhar
Tehsil Nayakote
Pincode 758018
Area (hectares) 830 hectares
Population 616
Male Population 307
Female Population 309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,007
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badakula compares

By the 2011 count Badakula is the 33rd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 657 residents. Its 830 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Badakula

Badakula is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Badakula as Available within 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 Badakula from other places

Badakula lies about 24 km from Kendujhar, and the nearest railway station is Goaldih, 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 Badakula
Nearest railway station Goaldih 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Nayakote 24 km
District headquarters Kendujhar 24 km
Nearest town Keonjhargarh 24 km

Villages closest to Badakula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badakula village had a population of 616. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 657 residents.

Badakula village has 307 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badakula has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1032.

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

Badakula covers 830 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badakula falls under Nayakote tehsil of Kendujhar district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Badakula is Goaldih, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badakula.

Badakula is about 24 km from Kendujhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badakula is in Nayakote tehsil of Kendujhar district. Goaldih is about 19 km away. Nayakote is about 24 km away. Kendujhar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jatra (3.1 km), Jaladihi (3.6 km) and Ladapani (5.1 km).

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

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