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About Badial Village

Badial is a small village in Nurpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8, made up of 5 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 600 females per 1000 males. The village covers 87.18 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176204, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badial village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Nurpur
Pincode 176204
Area (hectares) 87.18 hectares
Population 8
Male Population 5
Female Population 3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 600
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Badial compares

By the 2011 count Badial is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 426 residents. Its 87.18 hectares work out to about 0.1 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 971.

Getting to Badial

Badial is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badial 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badial from other places

Badial lies about 64 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Madhopur Punjab, about 7.7 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 Badial
Nearest railway station Madhopur Punjab 7.7 km
Nearest town Sujānpur 9.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Nurpur 22 km
District headquarters Kangra 64 km

Villages closest to Badial

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badial village had a population of 8. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 426 residents.

Badial village has 5 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badial has about 600 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Badial is 176204. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badial covers 87.18 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badial falls under Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badial is Madhopur Punjab, about 7.7 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Badial.

Badial is about 64 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badial is in Nurpur tehsil of Kangra district. Madhopur Punjab is about 7.7 km away. Sujānpur is about 9.8 km away. Nurpur 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 Reserve Jangal Basa Hadialan (2.2 km), Sugh Puchhan (6.2 km) and Dar (6.7 km).

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

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