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About Badehar Village

Badehar is a small village in Jogindarnagar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 214, made up of 106 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 122.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badehar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badehar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Jogindarnagar
Pincode 176120
Area (hectares) 122.27 hectares
Population 214
Male Population 106
Female Population 108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badehar compares

By the 2011 count Badehar is the 114th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 386 residents. Its 122.27 hectares work out to about 1.8 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 Badehar

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

Badehar lies about 17 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 24 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 Badehar
District headquarters Mandi 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Jogindarnagar 24 km
Nearest railway station Joginder Nagar 24 km

Villages closest to Badehar

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.

Common questions about Badehar

As per the Census of India 2011, Badehar village had a population of 214. That makes it the 114th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 386 residents.

Badehar village has 106 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badehar has about 1019 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 Badehar is 176120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badehar covers 122.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Badehar is Joginder Nagar, about 24 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 Badehar.

Badehar is about 17 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badehar is in Jogindarnagar tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 17 km away. Jogindarnagar is about 24 km away. Joginder Nagar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nika Thana (1.9 km), Kaunsal (5.6 km) and Giuhani (7.0 km).

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

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