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About Badegahara Village

Badegahara is a large village in Falta tehsil, in the district of South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,257, made up of 1,119 males and 1,138 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,017 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 743504, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badegahara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badegahara village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District South Twenty Four Parganas
Tehsil Falta
Pincode 743504
Area (hectares) 50.78 hectares
Population 2,257
Male Population 1,119
Female Population 1,138
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,017
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 Badegahara compares

By the 2011 count Badegahara is the 36th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 50.78 hectares work out to about 44 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Badegahara

Badegahara is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badegahara 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 Badegahara from other places

Badegahara lies about 30 km from South Twenty Four Parganas. 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 Badegahara
Tehsil headquarters Falta 6.0 km
Nearest town Diamond Harbour 15 km
District headquarters South Twenty Four Parganas 30 km

Villages closest to Badegahara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badegahara village had a population of 2,257. That makes it the 36th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Badegahara village has 1,119 males and 1,138 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badegahara has about 1017 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Badegahara is 743504. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badegahara covers 50.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 44 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Badegahara falls under Falta tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district in West Bengal.

The census record for Badegahara notes the nearest railway station 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 Badegahara.

Badegahara is about 30 km from South Twenty Four Parganas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badegahara is in Falta tehsil of South Twenty Four Parganas district. Falta is about 6.0 km away. Diamond Harbour is about 15 km away. South Twenty Four Parganas is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rukhia (under 2 km), Narayan Tala (under 2 km) and Goa Beria (under 2 km).

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

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