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About Badhani Village

Badhani is a small village in Rudhauli tehsil, in the district of Basti, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 420, made up of 229 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 834 females per 1000 males. The village covers 14.26 hectares hectares.

Badhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhani village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Basti
Tehsil Rudhauli
Area (hectares) 14.26 hectares
Population 420
Male Population 229
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 834
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhani compares

By the 2011 count Badhani is the 178th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 804 residents. Its 14.26 hectares work out to about 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Badhani

Badhani is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badhani as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Badhani from other places

Badhani lies about 42 km from Basti, and the nearest railway station is Gaur, about 31 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 Badhani
Tehsil headquarters Rudhauli 18 km
Nearest town Bānsi 24 km
Nearest railway station Gaur 31 km
District headquarters Basti 42 km

Villages closest to Badhani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhani village had a population of 420. That makes it the 178th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 804 residents.

Badhani village has 229 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhani has about 834 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Badhani covers 14.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 29 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Badhani falls under Rudhauli tehsil of Basti district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badhani is Gaur, about 31 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badhani.

Badhani is about 42 km from Basti in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhani is in Rudhauli tehsil of Basti district. Rudhauli is about 18 km away. Bānsi is about 24 km away. Gaur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Marwatia Ashra (6.5 km), Marwatia Dhoria (6.5 km) and Ahirawli (7.1 km).

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

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