a town of British India, the headquarters of the district of Betul in the Central Provinces. It consists, besides' the European houses, of two bazaars. Pop. (1901) 5766. There is a good serai or inn for native travellers, and a dak bungalow or resting-place for Europeans. Not far from Badnur is Kherla, the former residence of the Gond rajas, where there is an old fort, now in ruins, which used to be held by them.