About Badgaon Village

Badgaon is a mid sized village in Gurundia tehsil, in the district of Sundargarh, Odisha. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,199, made up of 620 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 934 females per 1000 males. The village covers 241 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 770043, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badgaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgaon village
Description	Value
State	Odisha
District	Sundargarh
Tehsil	Gurundia
Pincode	770043
Area (hectares)	241 hectares
Population	1,199
Male Population	620
Female Population	579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	934
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badgaon compares

By the 2011 count Badgaon is the 6th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 503 residents. Its 241 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Badgaon

Badgaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badgaon 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 Badgaon from other places

Badgaon lies about 103 km from Sundargarh, and the nearest railway station is Rakshi, about 5.9 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 Badgaon
Nearest railway station	Rakshi	5.9 km
Nearest town	Raurkela Industrial Township	26 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gurundia	33 km
District headquarters	Sundargarh	103 km

Villages closest to Badgaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badgaon village had a population of 1,199. That makes it the 6th largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 503 residents.

Badgaon village has 620 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgaon has about 934 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Badgaon is 770043. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badgaon covers 241 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badgaon falls under Gurundia tehsil of Sundargarh district in Odisha.

The nearest railway station to Badgaon is Rakshi, about 5.9 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 Badgaon.

Badgaon is about 103 km from Sundargarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badgaon is in Gurundia tehsil of Sundargarh district. Rakshi is about 5.9 km away. Raurkela Industrial Township is about 26 km away. Gurundia is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.