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About Badhouli Village

Badhouli is a mid sized village in Sarila tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,465, made up of 788 males and 677 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 732.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 210432, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhouli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhouli village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Sarila
Pincode 210432
Area (hectares) 732.03 hectares
Population 1,465
Male Population 788
Female Population 677
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhouli compares

By the 2011 count Badhouli is the 44th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents. Its 732.03 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 842.

Getting to Badhouli

Badhouli is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badhouli as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Badhouli from other places

Badhouli lies about 31 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 16 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 Badhouli
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Sarila 31 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 31 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 38 km

Villages closest to Badhouli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhouli village had a population of 1,465. That makes it the 44th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,583 residents.

Badhouli village has 788 males and 677 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhouli has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 842.

The pincode recorded for Badhouli is 210432. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhouli covers 732.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhouli falls under Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badhouli is Jawalamukhi Road, about 16 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badhouli.

Badhouli is about 31 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhouli is in Sarila tehsil of Hamirpur district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 16 km away. Sarila is about 31 km away. Hamirpur is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Churha (under 2 km), Kupara (2.8 km) and Karhi (3.9 km).

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

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