About Badan Village

Badan is a small village in Jogindarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 111, made up of 54 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 233.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Jogindarnagar
Pincode	176120
Area (hectares)	233.88 hectares
Population	111
Male Population	54
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Badan compares

By the 2011 count Badan is the 159th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 386 residents. Its 233.88 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1112.

Getting to Badan

Badan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Badan from other places

Badan lies about 32 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Adit Junction, about 2.7 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 Badan
Nearest railway station	Adit Junction	2.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jogindarnagar	5.1 km
District headquarters	Mandi	32 km

Villages closest to Badan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badan village had a population of 111. That makes it the 159th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 386 residents.

Badan village has 54 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badan has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1112.

The pincode recorded for Badan is 176120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badan covers 233.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badan falls under Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badan is Adit Junction, about 2.7 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badan.

Badan is about 32 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badan is in Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Adit Junction is about 2.7 km away. Jogindarnagar is about 5.1 km away. Mandi is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.