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About Badhal Nichli Village

Badhal Nichli is a mid sized village in Dera Gopipur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 686, made up of 313 males and 373 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,192 females per 1000 males. The village covers 171.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhal Nichli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhal Nichli village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177105
Area (hectares) 171.55 hectares
Population 686
Male Population 313
Female Population 373
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,192
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhal Nichli compares

By the 2011 count Badhal Nichli is the 49th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 171.55 hectares work out to about 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Badhal Nichli

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

Badhal Nichli lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Guler, about 13 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 Badhal Nichli
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 6.6 km
Nearest railway station Guler 13 km
District headquarters Kangra 25 km
Nearest town Talwāra 25 km

Villages closest to Badhal Nichli

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dera Gopipur 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 Badhal Nichli

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhal Nichli village had a population of 686. That makes it the 49th largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Badhal Nichli village has 313 males and 373 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhal Nichli has about 1192 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Badhal Nichli is 177105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhal Nichli covers 171.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhal Nichli falls under Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badhal Nichli is Guler, about 13 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 Badhal Nichli.

Badhal Nichli is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhal Nichli is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 6.6 km away. Guler is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badhal Uparli (under 2 km), Panyamal (under 2 km) and Thor Uparli (under 2 km).

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

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