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About Badhal Maira Village

Badhal Maira is a small village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 95, made up of 45 males and 50 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,111 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177111, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhal Maira Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhal Maira village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaswan
Pincode 177111
Area (hectares) 51 hectares
Population 95
Male Population 45
Female Population 50
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,111
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhal Maira compares

By the 2011 count Badhal Maira is the 79th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 51 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1092.

Getting to Badhal Maira

Badhal Maira is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badhal Maira as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Badhal Maira from other places

Badhal Maira lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 Badhal Maira
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaswan 20 km
District headquarters Kangra 20 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 34 km

Villages closest to Badhal Maira

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhal Maira village had a population of 95. That makes it the 79th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Badhal Maira village has 45 males and 50 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhal Maira has about 1111 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Badhal Maira is 177111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhal Maira covers 51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badhal Maira falls under Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badhal Maira is Jawalamukhi Road, 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 <5 km distance for Badhal Maira.

Badhal Maira is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhal Maira is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 14 km away. Jaswan is about 20 km away. Kangra is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ban Bilwan (2.0 km), Ban Chalan (2.0 km) and Ban Chatwal (2.0 km).

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

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