About Badhal Village

Badhal is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 198, made up of 102 males and 96 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 941 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43.66 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176058, 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	Fatehpur
Pincode	176058
Area (hectares)	43.66 hectares
Population	198
Male Population	102
Female Population	96
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	941
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 100th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 43.66 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

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 31 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Kartoli Punjab, about 11 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 town	Talwāra	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Kartoli Punjab	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Fatehpur	17 km
District headquarters	Kangra	31 km

Villages closest to Badhal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Fatehpur 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 198. That makes it the 100th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Badhal village has 102 males and 96 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhal has about 941 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1006.

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

Badhal covers 43.66 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Badhal is Kartoli Punjab, about 11 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 31 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 Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 8.3 km away. Kartoli Punjab is about 11 km away. Fatehpur is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.