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About Badwa Village

Badwa is a small village in Kerakat tehsil, in the district of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 389, made up of 168 males and 221 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,315 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42.28 hectares hectares.

Badwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badwa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jaunpur
Tehsil Kerakat
Area (hectares) 42.28 hectares
Population 389
Male Population 168
Female Population 221
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,315
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Badwa compares

By the 2011 count Badwa is the 329th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents. Its 42.28 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1071.

Getting to Badwa

Badwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badwa 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badwa from other places

Badwa lies about 15 km from Jaunpur, and the nearest railway station is Shudnipur, about 4.3 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 Badwa
Nearest railway station Shudnipur 4.3 km
Nearest town Mariāhu 4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Kerakat 15 km
District headquarters Jaunpur 15 km

Villages closest to Badwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badwa village had a population of 389. That makes it the 329th largest of the 400 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,549 residents.

Badwa village has 168 males and 221 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badwa has about 1315 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1071.

Badwa covers 42.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Badwa falls under Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badwa is Shudnipur, about 4.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 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 Badwa.

Badwa is about 15 km from Jaunpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badwa is in Kerakat tehsil of Jaunpur district. Shudnipur is about 4.3 km away. Mariāhu is about 4.4 km away. Kerakat is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chakpali (3.1 km), Paliya (3.1 km) and Chak Kasba (5.2 km).

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

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