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About Badar Village

Badar is a small village in Karsog tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 57, made up of 30 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 19 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175046, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Karsog
Pincode 175046
Area (hectares) 19 hectares
Population 57
Male Population 30
Female Population 27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 900
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 Badar compares

By the 2011 count Badar is the 299th largest of the 435 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 199 residents. Its 19 hectares work out to about 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Badar

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

Badar lies about 40 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Summer Hill, about 34 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 Badar
Tehsil headquarters Karsog 5.4 km
Nearest town Sundarnagar 28 km
Nearest railway station Summer Hill 34 km
District headquarters Mandi 40 km

Villages closest to Badar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badar village had a population of 57. That makes it the 299th largest of the 435 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 199 residents.

Badar village has 30 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badar has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Badar is 175046. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badar covers 19 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badar falls under Karsog tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badar is Summer Hill, about 34 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 Badar.

Badar is about 40 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badar is in Karsog tehsil of Mandi district. Karsog is about 5.4 km away. Sundarnagar is about 28 km away. Summer Hill is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bathar (under 2 km), Bathar 480 (under 2 km) and Bakaran (under 2 km).

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

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