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About Badi Bajgan Village

Badi Bajgan is a small village in Padhar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 423, made up of 232 males and 191 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 823 females per 1000 males. The village covers 133.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176122, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badi Bajgan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badi Bajgan village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Padhar
Pincode 176122
Area (hectares) 133.55 hectares
Population 423
Male Population 232
Female Population 191
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 823
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badi Bajgan compares

By the 2011 count Badi Bajgan is the 26th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 256 residents. Its 133.55 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Badi Bajgan

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

Badi Bajgan lies about 34 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 39 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 Badi Bajgan
Nearest town Sundarnagar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Padhar 31 km
District headquarters Mandi 34 km
Nearest railway station Kiratpur Sahib 39 km

Villages closest to Badi Bajgan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Padhar 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 Badi Bajgan

As per the Census of India 2011, Badi Bajgan village had a population of 423. That makes it the 26th largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 256 residents.

Badi Bajgan village has 232 males and 191 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badi Bajgan has about 823 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 993.

The pincode recorded for Badi Bajgan is 176122. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badi Bajgan covers 133.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badi Bajgan falls under Padhar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badi Bajgan is Kiratpur Sahib, about 39 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 <5 km distance for Badi Bajgan.

Badi Bajgan is about 34 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badi Bajgan is in Padhar tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 14 km away. Padhar is about 31 km away. Mandi 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 Siun (under 2 km), Bhatehar (3.1 km) and Balh Dhar (4.2 km).

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

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