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About Badhghar Village

Badhghar is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 227, made up of 104 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,183 females per 1000 males. The village covers 162.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177007, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhghar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhghar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 177007
Area (hectares) 162.49 hectares
Population 227
Male Population 104
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,183
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Badhghar compares

By the 2011 count Badhghar is the 53rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 162.49 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Badhghar

Badhghar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Badhghar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badhghar from other places

Badhghar lies about 9.7 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Churaru Takarla, about 34 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 Badhghar
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur 9.1 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 9.7 km
Nearest railway station Churaru Takarla 34 km
Nearest town Nangal 42 km

Villages closest to Badhghar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tira Sujanpur 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 Badhghar

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhghar village had a population of 227. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Badhghar village has 104 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhghar has about 1183 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Badhghar is 177007. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhghar covers 162.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badhghar falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badhghar is Churaru Takarla, about 34 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badhghar.

Badhghar is about 9.7 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhghar is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Tira Sujanpur is about 9.1 km away. Hamirpur is about 9.7 km away. Churaru Takarla is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Garoru Ghuman (under 2 km), Bandhar (under 2 km) and Dharru (1.8 km).

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

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