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About Badrer Village

Badrer is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 133, made up of 58 males and 75 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,293 females per 1000 males. The village covers 50.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176084, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badrer Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badrer village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Dhira
Pincode 176084
Area (hectares) 50.7 hectares
Population 133
Male Population 58
Female Population 75
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,293
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badrer compares

By the 2011 count Badrer is the 60th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 50.7 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Badrer

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

Badrer lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 14 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 Badrer
Nearest railway station Sulah Himachal Pradesh 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhira 21 km
District headquarters Kangra 21 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 31 km

Villages closest to Badrer

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badrer village had a population of 133. That makes it the 60th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Badrer village has 58 males and 75 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badrer has about 1293 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Badrer is 176084. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badrer covers 50.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badrer falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badrer is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 14 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Badrer.

Badrer is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badrer is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 14 km away. Dhira is about 21 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Alsa (under 2 km), Gharana (under 2 km) and Kharaina (1.5 km).

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

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