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About Badalpur Village

Badalpur is a small village in Egra II tehsil, in the district of Purba Medinipur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 70, made up of 34 males and 36 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,059 females per 1000 males. The village covers 34.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 721429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badalpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badalpur village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Purba Medinipur
Tehsil Egra II
Pincode 721429
Area (hectares) 34.9 hectares
Population 70
Male Population 34
Female Population 36
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,059
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 Badalpur compares

By the 2011 count Badalpur is the 108th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,559 residents. Its 34.9 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

Getting to Badalpur

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

Badalpur lies about 16 km from Purba Medinipur, and the nearest railway station is Nandakumar, about 2.8 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 Badalpur
Nearest railway station Nandakumar 2.8 km
Nearest town Tamlūk 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Egra II 16 km
District headquarters Purba Medinipur 16 km

Villages closest to Badalpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Egra II 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 Badalpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Badalpur village had a population of 70. That makes it the 108th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,559 residents.

Badalpur village has 34 males and 36 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badalpur has about 1059 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 924.

The pincode recorded for Badalpur is 721429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badalpur covers 34.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badalpur falls under Egra II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Badalpur is Nandakumar, about 2.8 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 Badalpur.

Badalpur is about 16 km from Purba Medinipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badalpur is in Egra II tehsil of Purba Medinipur district. Nandakumar is about 2.8 km away. Tamlūk is about 15 km away. Egra II is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uttar Padma (under 2 km), Dakshin Padma (under 2 km) and Gopalpur (10 km).

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

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