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About Ban Badiana Village

Ban Badiana is a small village in Bhoranj tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 11, made up of 6 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 60.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176045, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ban Badiana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ban Badiana village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Bhoranj
Pincode 176045
Area (hectares) 60.3 hectares
Population 11
Male Population 6
Female Population 5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ban Badiana compares

By the 2011 count Ban Badiana is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 335 residents. Its 60.3 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1213.

Getting to Ban Badiana

Ban Badiana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ban Badiana as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Ban Badiana from other places

Ban Badiana lies about 28 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 19 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 Ban Badiana
Nearest railway station Joginder Nagar 19 km
Nearest town Mandi 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhoranj 23 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 28 km

Villages closest to Ban Badiana

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.

Common questions about Ban Badiana

As per the Census of India 2011, Ban Badiana village had a population of 11. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 335 residents.

Ban Badiana village has 6 males and 5 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ban Badiana has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1213.

The pincode recorded for Ban Badiana is 176045. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ban Badiana covers 60.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ban Badiana falls under Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ban Badiana is Joginder Nagar, about 19 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ban Badiana.

Ban Badiana is about 28 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ban Badiana is in Bhoranj tehsil of Hamirpur district. Joginder Nagar is about 19 km away. Mandi is about 19 km away. Bhoranj is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ban Humal (under 2 km), Banhwin (under 2 km) and Neri (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ban Badiana today is likely to be higher.

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