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About Budhigan Village

Budhigan is a small village in Karanjia tehsil, in the district of Mayurbhanj, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 256, made up of 138 males and 118 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 96 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 757036, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Budhigan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Budhigan village
Description Value
State Odisha
District Mayurbhanj
Tehsil Karanjia
Pincode 757036
Area (hectares) 96 hectares
Population 256
Male Population 138
Female Population 118
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
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 Budhigan compares

By the 2011 count Budhigan is the 72nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 566 residents. Its 96 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Budhigan

Budhigan is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Budhigan 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. The nearest villages by name are Batatainsira, Bhadubeda, Bhalugodaorofchitraposi and Bhanraposi. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Budhigan

As per the Census of India 2011, Budhigan village had a population of 256. That makes it the 72nd largest of the 94 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 566 residents.

Budhigan village has 138 males and 118 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Budhigan has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Budhigan is 757036. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Budhigan covers 96 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Budhigan falls under Karanjia tehsil of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha.

The census record for Budhigan notes the nearest railway station 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 Budhigan.

Budhigan is in Karanjia tehsil of Mayurbhanj district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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