About Badwahan Village

Badwahan is a mid sized village in Padhar tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 795, made up of 391 males and 404 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.1 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badwahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badwahan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Padhar
Pincode	176120
Area (hectares)	175.1 hectares
Population	795
Male Population	391
Female Population	404
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,033
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badwahan compares

By the 2011 count Badwahan is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 256 residents. Its 175.1 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

Getting to Badwahan

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

Badwahan lies about 11 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 22 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 Badwahan
District headquarters	Mandi	11 km
Nearest railway station	Buffer Stop	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Padhar	26 km

Villages closest to Badwahan

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.

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Common questions about Badwahan

As per the Census of India 2011, Badwahan village had a population of 795. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 256 residents.

Badwahan village has 391 males and 404 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badwahan has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 993.

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

Badwahan covers 175.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badwahan falls under Padhar tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badwahan is Buffer Stop, about 22 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 Badwahan.

Badwahan is about 11 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badwahan is in Padhar tehsil of Mandi district. Mandi is about 11 km away. Buffer Stop is about 22 km away. Padhar is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.