About Badhal Village

Badhal is a mid sized village in Jaswan tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 537, made up of 246 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,183 females per 1000 males. The village covers 380.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176502, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaswan
Pincode	176502
Area (hectares)	380.39 hectares
Population	537
Male Population	246
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,183
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhal compares

By the 2011 count Badhal is the 20th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 379 residents. Its 380.39 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1092.

Getting to Badhal

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

Badhal lies about 25 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Guler, about 13 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
Nearest railway station	Guler	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jaswan	25 km
District headquarters	Kangra	25 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	25 km

Villages closest to Badhal

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.

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Common questions about Badhal

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhal village had a population of 537. That makes it the 20th largest of the 85 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 379 residents.

Badhal village has 246 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhal has about 1183 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1092.

The pincode recorded for Badhal is 176502. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhal covers 380.39 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.

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

The nearest railway station to Badhal is Guler, about 13 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 Badhal.

Badhal is about 25 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhal is in Jaswan tehsil of Kangra district. Guler is about 13 km away. Jaswan is about 25 km away. Kangra is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.