Village · Katekalyan, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada
# Badegadam

Badegadam is a village in Katekalyan sub-district of Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code 494449. The 2011 Census counted 691 people in 143 households, the 23rd largest of 43 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 5.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 23.3%.
- 691 people (2011)
- 143 households
- 5.3% literacy
- 494449 PIN code

## Badegadam PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Badegadam is 494449. Badegadam falls in Katekalyan sub-district, Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh.
- PIN code 494449
- Gram panchayat Badegadam
- Community development block Katekalyan
- Census village code 450223

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Badegadam from nearby towns?
- Katekalyan (sub-district HQ) 18 km by road
- Dantewada (district HQ) 58 km by road
- Bade Bacheli (nearest town) 58 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Badegadam?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Badegadam; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Primary school In village · 2 govt
- ● Anganwadi centre In village
- ● Polling station In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Senior secondary school 10+ km · Katekalyan
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Dantewada
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Geedam
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 10+ km
- ○ Post office 5–10 km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 10+ km
- ○ Commercial bank 10+ km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop 10+ km
- ○ Mandi / regular market 10+ km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps, canal / river and tanks / ponds

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Badegadam known for?

The main crops are paddy, maize and kutki. About 51% of the 1,169 hectares of village land is sown.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Badegadam

Of every 100 households in Badegadam in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 1 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Badegadam · ■ Katekalyan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 0% 17%
- Toilet within the home 0% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 96%
- Tap water 0% 2%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 97%
- Use banking services 10% 20%
- Television 0% 4%
- Mobile phone 1% 7%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 99% 78%
- Own their home 100% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Badegadam?

■ Badegadam · ■ Katekalyan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 5.3% 23.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1075 1090
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1062 1070
- Working population 60.3% 55.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 7.1% for men and 3.7% for women. 60% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 210 (50%) · ■ Farm labourers 169 (41%) · ■ Other work 3 (1%) · ■ Marginal 35 (8%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Katekalyan
- Mahrakarka 751 people
- Koriras 725 people
- Jangampal 710 people
- Atepal 704 people
- Dhanikarka 690 people
- Nadenar 654 people
- Chhote Lakhapal 621 people
- Lakharas 576 people

All 43 villages in Katekalyan

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Badegadam? 494449
- How far is Badegadam from Dantewada? 58 km by road
- What is the population of Badegadam? 691 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Badegadam in? Dakshin Bastar Dantewada district (Katekalyan sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Badegadam? 5.3% (Census 2011)

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