Batagarawa Towns And Villages

Batagarawa is a Local Government Area in Katsina State, Nigeria, roughly 8 kilometres east of Katsina city. Its headquarters sits at Batagarawa town, seat of the old Mallamawa District in the Katsina Emirate. The LGA covers about 433 square kilometres and was created in 1991.

The 2006 census counted 189,059 residents. Projections put the 2022 figure near 337,900. Batagarawa sits at 12°54′22″N 7°36′21″E. Hausa is the everyday language. The LGA has 10 registration wards: Ajiwa, Bakiyawa, Barawa, Batagarawa ‘A’, Batagarawa ‘B’, Dandagoro, Jino, Kayauki, Tsanni and Yargamji.

The list below was checked name by name against the 2015 INEC polling-unit directory for Katsina State, the GRID3 Nigeria settlement dataset and GeoNames. A handful of camp-style and single-compound names are held back pending a closer look.

  1. Abarshi
  2. Ajiwa
  3. Ajiwa Shantau
  4. Alale
  5. Alkalawa
  6. Almun Jama’a
  7. Autawa
  8. Bado
  9. Baganzamawa
  10. Bakiyawa
  11. Banbami
  12. Bani Iza
  13. Barawa
  14. Bardar Kusada
  15. Bardar Murtala
  16. Barhin Bayan Gida
  17. Barhin Masaka
  18. Barhin Tudu
  19. Batagarawa
  20. Bora Gundara
  21. Busau
  22. Dabaibayawa
  23. Dan Iyau
  24. Dandagoro
  25. Doka
  26. Dugazawa
  27. Fage
  28. Farun Yahaya
  29. Gangara
  30. Gwammatawa
  31. Gyarwe
  32. Intotsa
  33. Inwala
  34. Jangefe
  35. Jilawar Ango
  36. Jino
  37. Jino Magumi
  38. Kabakawa
  39. Kabukawa
  40. Kadafawa
  41. Kaffi
  42. Kainawa
  43. Kamfatau
  44. Karare
  45. Katarda
  46. Katoge
  47. Kaukai
  48. Kauyen Yamma
  49. Kawo
  50. Kayauki
  51. Kewa
  52. Kofar Fada
  53. Kore
  54. Kufan Tarno
  55. Kuidawa
  56. Kundu Waje
  57. Kunhundu
  58. Kurtufa
  59. Kutubi
  60. Kwaina
  61. Kwalbati
  62. Kwarin Mai Kotso
  63. Kwatani
  64. Lallaba
  65. Mai Lalle
  66. Majen Audu
  67. Majen Dole
  68. Makada
  69. Makama
  70. Makantawa
  71. Makaurachi
  72. Makera
  73. Makurdi
  74. Marmara
  75. Marna Zannabu
  76. Maze
  77. Morawa
  78. Musawa
  79. Rahaje
  80. Rugar Dila
  81. Rugoji
  82. Sabaru
  83. Sabon Garin Naira
  84. Sabon Garin Yahuza
  85. Salihawa
  86. Shagumba
  87. Shairi
  88. Shaiskawa
  89. Shantali
  90. Shibdawa
  91. Tabkin Almu
  92. Tarno
  93. Tigirmis
  94. Tsanni
  95. Tsuntsuwa
  96. Turawa
  97. Unguwar Bature
  98. Unguwar Garba
  99. Unguwar Mai Goje
  100. Unguwar Maje
  101. Unguwar Rinji
  102. Unguwar Sarkin Gyada
  103. Yabani
  104. Yan Butu
  105. Yan Naira
  106. Yanali
  107. Yandadi
  108. Yangemu
  109. Yar Gamji
  110. Yar Haka
  111. Yar Rakumma
  112. Yar Rimaye
  113. Yar Shanya
  114. Yarbarza
  115. Yargigo
  116. Zangando
  117. Zori