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About Badyar Village

Badyar is a mid sized village in Kotli tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 973, made up of 468 males and 505 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 163.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 693300, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badyar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Kotli
Pincode 693300
Area (hectares) 163.7 hectares
Population 973
Male Population 468
Female Population 505
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,079
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badyar compares

By the 2011 count Badyar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 163.7 hectares work out to about 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1084.

Getting to Badyar

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

Badyar lies about 87 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 12 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 Badyar
Tehsil headquarters Kotli 9.5 km
Nearest railway station Salogra 12 km
Nearest town Solan 15 km
District headquarters Mandi 87 km

Villages closest to Badyar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badyar village had a population of 973. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Badyar village has 468 males and 505 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badyar has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1084.

The pincode recorded for Badyar is 693300. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badyar covers 163.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badyar falls under Kotli tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badyar is Salogra, about 12 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 Badyar.

Badyar is about 87 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badyar is in Kotli tehsil of Mandi district. Kotli is about 9.5 km away. Salogra is about 12 km away. Solan is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badgaon (under 2 km), Dhawali Badehar (under 2 km) and Banog (2.5 km).

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

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