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About Badnar Village

Badnar is a small village in Fatehpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 228, made up of 106 males and 122 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,151 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176022, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badnar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badnar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Fatehpur
Pincode 176022
Area (hectares) 76.92 hectares
Population 228
Male Population 106
Female Population 122
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,151
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 Badnar compares

By the 2011 count Badnar is the 86th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 283 residents. Its 76.92 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 1006.

Getting to Badnar

Badnar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badnar 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 Badnar from other places

Badnar lies about 33 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Harsar Dehri, about 16 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 Badnar
Nearest town Talwāra 8.0 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehpur 11 km
Nearest railway station Harsar Dehri 16 km
District headquarters Kangra 33 km

Villages closest to Badnar

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.

Common questions about Badnar

As per the Census of India 2011, Badnar village had a population of 228. That makes it the 86th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 283 residents.

Badnar village has 106 males and 122 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badnar has about 1151 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Badnar is 176022. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badnar covers 76.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Badnar is Harsar Dehri, about 16 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 Badnar.

Badnar is about 33 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badnar is in Fatehpur tehsil of Kangra district. Talwāra is about 8.0 km away. Fatehpur is about 11 km away. Harsar Dehri is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khatiyar (under 2 km), Siholi (under 2 km) and Kutlehr (under 2 km).

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

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