About Badukhar Village

Badukhar is a large village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,203, made up of 1,155 males and 1,048 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 907 females per 1000 males. The village covers 399.53 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badukhar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badukhar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Indora
Pincode	176022
Area (hectares)	399.53 hectares
Population	2,203
Male Population	1,155
Female Population	1,048
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	907
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badukhar compares

By the 2011 count Badukhar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 399.53 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Badukhar

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

Badukhar lies about 41 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Bharmar, about 18 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 Badukhar
Nearest town	Talwāra	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Indora	16 km
Nearest railway station	Bharmar	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	41 km

Villages closest to Badukhar

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

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Common questions about Badukhar

As per the Census of India 2011, Badukhar village had a population of 2,203. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Badukhar village has 1,155 males and 1,048 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badukhar has about 907 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Badukhar is 176022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badukhar covers 399.53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badukhar falls under Indora tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badukhar is Bharmar, about 18 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 Badukhar.

Badukhar is about 41 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badukhar is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 13 km away. Indora is about 16 km away. Bharmar is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.