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About Badehla Village

Badehla is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 258, made up of 124 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,081 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.41 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badehla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badehla village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jawali
Pincode 176024
Area (hectares) 87.41 hectares
Population 258
Male Population 124
Female Population 134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,081
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Badehla compares

By the 2011 count Badehla is the 122nd largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 87.41 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Badehla

Badehla is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Badehla 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badehla from other places

Badehla lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 2.6 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 Badehla
Tehsil headquarters Jawali 1.8 km
Nearest railway station Jawanwala Shahr 2.6 km
District headquarters Kangra 22 km
Nearest town Talwāra 25 km

Villages closest to Badehla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badehla village had a population of 258. That makes it the 122nd largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Badehla village has 124 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badehla has about 1081 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Badehla is 176024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badehla covers 87.41 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badehla falls under Jawali tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badehla is Jawanwala Shahr, about 2.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Badehla.

Badehla is about 22 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badehla is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Jawali is about 1.8 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 2.6 km away. Kangra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thappal (under 2 km), Thangar (1.6 km) and Sanehr (1.6 km).

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

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