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About Badka Village

Badka is a mid sized village in Kathumar tehsil, in the district of Alwar, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 959, made up of 493 males and 466 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 945 females per 1000 males. The village covers 179.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 321605, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badka village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Alwar
Tehsil Kathumar
Pincode 321605
Area (hectares) 179.34 hectares
Population 959
Male Population 493
Female Population 466
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 945
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 Badka compares

By the 2011 count Badka is the 84th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents. Its 179.34 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 879.

Getting to Badka

Badka is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badka 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 Badka from other places

Badka lies about 30 km from Alwar, and the nearest railway station is Jadoli Ka Bas, about 10 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 Badka
Nearest railway station Jadoli Ka Bas 10 km
Nearest town Nagar 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Kathumar 23 km
District headquarters Alwar 30 km

Villages closest to Badka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badka village had a population of 959. That makes it the 84th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,497 residents.

Badka village has 493 males and 466 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badka has about 945 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 879.

The pincode recorded for Badka is 321605. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badka covers 179.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badka falls under Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Badka is Jadoli Ka Bas, about 10 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 Badka.

Badka is about 30 km from Alwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badka is in Kathumar tehsil of Alwar district. Jadoli Ka Bas is about 10 km away. Nagar is about 20 km away. Kathumar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Makkhan Ka Nagla (4.2 km), Nagla Dhansingh (4.2 km) and Daulat Pura (7.3 km).

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

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