By population, Badh ranks #72 of 117 villages in Karahal mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badh is a village of 493 people in 92 households (Census 2011) in Karahal tehsil, Sheopur district, Madhya Pradesh, the 72nd-largest of 117 villages in Karahal tehsil. Literacy is 45%, 7 points above the tehsil average of 38% and the sex ratio is 860 women per 1,000 men. It lies 9 km from the Sheopur district centre, 10 km from Karahal, the nearest town, 47 km from Sheopur Kalan railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 476337, served by Sheopur post office; the LGD village code is 451915. The nearest hospital or health centre is Suman Clinic, 28 km away. The sarpanch is gangaram aadiwasi, and the village votes in Vijaypur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Ramniwas Rawat. The population is estimated at 581 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badh · this village | 493 | 45% | — |
| Barai · Karahal | 0 | — | 1.8 km SE |
| Morai · Karahal | 1,081 | 34% | 4 km E |
| Morai · Kolaras | 0 | — | 4 km E |
| Bhotoopura · Karahal | 934 | 45% | 4.6 km N |
| Bankuri · Karahal | 531 | 41% | 6.3 km NE |
| Ranipura Mafi · Karahal | 1,235 | 40% | 7.6 km NW |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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