Badonkalan observes Ganesh Chaturthi on Monday, 14 September 2026, along with the rest of Madhya Pradesh.
By population, Badonkalan ranks #1 of 76 villages in Baroni mandal — the largest.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Badonkalan is a village of 4,746 people in 1,003 households (Census 2011) in Baroni tehsil, Datia district, Madhya Pradesh, the largest of 76 villages in Baroni tehsil. Literacy is 54%, 4 points below the tehsil average of 58% and the sex ratio is 848 women per 1,000 men. It lies 19 km from the Datia district centre, 24 km from Shekhupur, the nearest town, 3 km from Kotra railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 475685, served by Sonagir post office; the LGD village code is 454584. The nearest hospital or health centre is DR. Anant Ketkar, 9 km away. The sarpanch is poonam shivhare, and the village votes in Karera assembly constituency, represented by MLA Khatik Ramesh Prasad. The population is estimated at 5,596 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
Gram panchayat: Badonkalan →
| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badonkalan · this village | 4,746 | 54% | — |
| Dangra · Misrikh | 1,797 | 54% | 3.1 km W |
| Dangra · Sironj | 899 | 57% | 3.1 km W |
| Dangra · Baroni | 1,062 | 58% | 3.1 km W |
| Guliyapura · Datia | 305 | 49% | 3.2 km SE |
| Guliyapura · Gormi | 775 | 57% | 3.2 km SE |
| Bamrol · Baroni | 673 | 63% | 4.7 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Water supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
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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