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About Badoli Village

Badoli 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 630, made up of 335 males and 295 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 881 females per 1000 males. The village covers 74.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badoli village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dera Gopipur
Pincode 177101
Area (hectares) 74.65 hectares
Population 630
Male Population 335
Female Population 295
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 881
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badoli compares

By the 2011 count Badoli is the 61st largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 416 residents. Its 74.65 hectares work out to about 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

Getting to Badoli

Badoli is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badoli as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Badoli from other places

Badoli lies about 24 km from Kangra, 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 Badoli
Tehsil headquarters Dera Gopipur 6.6 km
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 16 km
District headquarters Kangra 24 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 38 km

Villages closest to Badoli

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 Badoli

As per the Census of India 2011, Badoli village had a population of 630. That makes it the 61st largest of the 274 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 416 residents.

Badoli village has 335 males and 295 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badoli has about 881 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1082.

The pincode recorded for Badoli is 177101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badoli covers 74.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.4 people per hectare, moderately settled.

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

The nearest railway station to Badoli 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badoli.

Badoli is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badoli is in Dera Gopipur tehsil of Kangra district. Dera Gopipur is about 6.6 km away. Jawalamukhi Road is about 16 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sakri (under 2 km), Sakrialu (under 2 km) and Darek Lahr (under 2 km).

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

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