About Badsar Village

Badsar is a mid sized village in Palampur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 609, made up of 303 males and 306 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 178.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176059, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badsar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badsar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Palampur
Pincode	176059
Area (hectares)	178.31 hectares
Population	609
Male Population	303
Female Population	306
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,010
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badsar compares

By the 2011 count Badsar is the 85th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 469 residents. Its 178.31 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

Getting to Badsar

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

Badsar lies about 20 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Chamunda Marg, about 6.5 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 Badsar
Nearest railway station	Chamunda Marg	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Palampur	10 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	15 km
District headquarters	Kangra	20 km

Villages closest to Badsar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badsar village had a population of 609. That makes it the 85th largest of the 365 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 469 residents.

Badsar village has 303 males and 306 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badsar has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1062.

The pincode recorded for Badsar is 176059. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badsar covers 178.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badsar falls under Palampur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badsar is Chamunda Marg, about 6.5 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 Badsar.

Badsar is about 20 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badsar is in Palampur tehsil of Kangra district. Chamunda Marg is about 6.5 km away. Palampur is about 10 km away. Dharamsala is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.