About Badkol Village

Badkol is a small village in Raiganj tehsil, in the district of Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 104, made up of 61 males and 43 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 705 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.37 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badkol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkol village
Description	Value
State	West Bengal
District	Uttar Dinajpur
Tehsil	Raiganj
Pincode	733133
Area (hectares)	55.37 hectares
Population	104
Male Population	61
Female Population	43
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	705
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 Badkol compares

By the 2011 count Badkol is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents. Its 55.37 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Badkol

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

Badkol lies about 20 km from Uttar Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Sanjay Gram, about 6.6 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 Badkol
Nearest railway station	Sanjay Gram	6.6 km
District headquarters	Uttar Dinajpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Raiganj	22 km
Nearest town	Rāiganj	22 km

Villages closest to Badkol

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

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Common questions about Badkol

As per the Census of India 2011, Badkol village had a population of 104. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,874 residents.

Badkol village has 61 males and 43 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkol has about 705 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Badkol is 733133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badkol covers 55.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badkol falls under Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Badkol is Sanjay Gram, about 6.6 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 Badkol.

Badkol is about 20 km from Uttar Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badkol is in Raiganj tehsil of Uttar Dinajpur district. Sanjay Gram is about 6.6 km away. Uttar Dinajpur is about 20 km away. Raiganj is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.