About Badhin Village

Badhin is a small village in Jawali tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 100, made up of 54 males and 46 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 852 females per 1000 males. The village covers 100.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176205, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhin village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jawali
Pincode	176205
Area (hectares)	100.31 hectares
Population	100
Male Population	54
Female Population	46
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	852
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhin compares

By the 2011 count Badhin is the 164th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 570 residents. Its 100.31 hectares work out to about 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

Getting to Badhin

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

Badhin lies about 26 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Jawanwala Shahr, about 5.9 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 Badhin
Tehsil headquarters	Jawali	5.8 km
Nearest railway station	Jawanwala Shahr	5.9 km
District headquarters	Kangra	26 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	29 km

Villages closest to Badhin

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.

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Common questions about Badhin

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhin village had a population of 100. That makes it the 164th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 570 residents.

Badhin village has 54 males and 46 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhin has about 852 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1026.

The pincode recorded for Badhin is 176205. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhin covers 100.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Badhin is Jawanwala Shahr, about 5.9 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 Badhin.

Badhin is about 26 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhin is in Jawali tehsil of Kangra district. Jawali is about 5.8 km away. Jawanwala Shahr is about 5.9 km away. Kangra is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.