About Badala Village

Badala is a mid sized village in Indora tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 535, made up of 277 males and 258 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 931 females per 1000 males. The village covers 390.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176058, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badala village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Indora
Pincode	176058
Area (hectares)	390.1 hectares
Population	535
Male Population	277
Female Population	258
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	931
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badala compares

By the 2011 count Badala is the 50th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 690 residents. Its 390.1 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Badala

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

Badala lies about 43 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chak Kalan, 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 Badala
Tehsil headquarters	Indora	14 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	15 km
Nearest railway station	Chak Kalan	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	43 km

Villages closest to Badala

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 Badala

As per the Census of India 2011, Badala village had a population of 535. That makes it the 50th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 690 residents.

Badala village has 277 males and 258 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badala has about 931 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Badala is 176058. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badala covers 390.1 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Badala is Chak Kalan, 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 Badala.

Badala is about 43 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badala is in Indora tehsil of Kangra district. Indora is about 14 km away. Talwāra is about 15 km away. Chak Kalan is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.