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About Badhyar Village

Badhyar is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 234, made up of 111 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,108 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177044, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhyar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Nadaun
Pincode 177044
Area (hectares) 77.64 hectares
Population 234
Male Population 111
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,108
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhyar compares

By the 2011 count Badhyar is the 104th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 77.64 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Badhyar

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

Badhyar lies about 15 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 32 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 Badhyar
Tehsil headquarters Nadaun 7.6 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 15 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 32 km
Nearest town Nangal 44 km

Villages closest to Badhyar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhyar village had a population of 234. That makes it the 104th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Badhyar village has 111 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhyar has about 1108 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Badhyar is 177044. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhyar covers 77.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhyar falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badhyar is Jawalamukhi Road, about 32 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 Badhyar.

Badhyar is about 15 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhyar is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Nadaun is about 7.6 km away. Hamirpur is about 15 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Matial (under 2 km), Choa Chakrala (under 2 km) and Amlahru (under 2 km).

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

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