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About Badhera Village

Badhera is a mid sized village in Galore tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 715, made up of 339 males and 376 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,109 females per 1000 males. The village covers 297 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177040, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhera village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Galore
Pincode 177040
Area (hectares) 297 hectares
Population 715
Male Population 339
Female Population 376
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,109
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhera compares

By the 2011 count Badhera is the 6th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 251 residents. Its 297 hectares work out to about 2.4 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 1177.

Getting to Badhera

Badhera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badhera 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 Badhera from other places

Badhera lies about 34 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Churaru Takarla, about 1.7 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 Badhera
Nearest railway station Churaru Takarla 1.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Galore 26 km
Nearest town Hoshiārpur 27 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 34 km

Villages closest to Badhera

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Galore 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 Badhera

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhera village had a population of 715. That makes it the 6th largest of the 104 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 251 residents.

Badhera village has 339 males and 376 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhera has about 1109 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1177.

The pincode recorded for Badhera is 177040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhera covers 297 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhera falls under Galore tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badhera is Churaru Takarla, about 1.7 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 Badhera.

Badhera is about 34 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhera is in Galore tehsil of Hamirpur district. Churaru Takarla is about 1.7 km away. Galore is about 26 km away. Hoshiārpur is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Baroh (13 km), Ri (13 km) and Than (14 km).

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

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