# Bachhwada Village, Babai, Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Babai, Hoshangabad 

# Bachhwada

Bachhwada is a village in Babai sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,279 people in 266 households**, the 36th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,279people (2011)
- 266households
- 73.5%literacy
- 884females per 1,000 males

## Bachhwada PIN code and other codes

Bachhwada falls in Babai sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBabai
- Census village code487564

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Bachhwada from nearby towns?

- Babai (sub-district HQ)13 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ)37 km by road
- Babai (nearest town)13 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Bachhwada?

10 services counted by the Census are inside Bachhwada; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 2 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Sub post officeIn village
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school10+ km · Babai
- ○Degree college10+ km · Babai
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshangabad
- ○Primary health centre10+ km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Public bus service10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Bachhwada known for?

About 91% of the 392 hectares of village land is sown, and 327 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Bachhwada

Of every 100 households in Bachhwada in 2011, 82 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 74 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Bachhwada · ■ Babai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****46%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**96%

Use banking services ****58%**

**31%

Television ****39%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****74%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**39%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Bachhwada?

■ Bachhwada · ■ Babai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****884**

**911

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**919

Working population ****48.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 62.8% for women. 52% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 166 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 295 (47%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (4%) · **■** Marginal 136 (22%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Babai

- Chaplasar1,388 people
- Baglon1,362 people
- Kharda1,347 people
- Mahendrawadi1,309 people
- Suwakhedi1,247 people
- Talkesri1,234 people
- Khidiya1,076 people
- Nagwada1,053 people

[All 106 villages in Babai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/babai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Bachhwada from Hoshangabad?37 km by road
- What is the population of Bachhwada?1,279 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bachhwada in?Hoshangabad district (Babai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Bachhwada?73.5% (Census 2011)