About Badar Village

Badar is a small village in Bhoranj tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 350, made up of 167 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,096 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Bhoranj
Pincode	177502
Area (hectares)	135.54 hectares
Population	350
Male Population	167
Female Population	183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,096
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badar compares

By the 2011 count Badar is the 77th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 335 residents. Its 135.54 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1213.

Getting to Badar

Badar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badar from other places

Badar lies about 25 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 24 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Badar
Nearest town	Mandi	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bhoranj	19 km
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	24 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	25 km

Villages closest to Badar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bhoranj tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Badar

As per the Census of India 2011, Badar village had a population of 350. That makes it the 77th largest of the 267 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 335 residents.

Badar village has 167 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badar has about 1096 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1213.

The pincode recorded for Badar is 177502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badar covers 135.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badar falls under Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badar is Joginder Nagar, about 24 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Badar.

Badar is about 25 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badar is in Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district. Mandi is about 17 km away. Bhoranj is about 19 km away. Joginder Nagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.