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About Badin Village

Badin is a small village in Thunag tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 345, made up of 151 males and 194 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,285 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175054, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badin village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Mandi
Tehsil Thunag
Pincode 175054
Area (hectares) 77.05 hectares
Population 345
Male Population 151
Female Population 194
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,285
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badin compares

By the 2011 count Badin is the 56th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 287 residents. Its 77.05 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 981.

Getting to Badin

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

Badin 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 Badin
Nearest town Sundarnagar 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Thunag 31 km
District headquarters Mandi 34 km
Nearest railway station Kiratpur Sahib 39 km

Villages closest to Badin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badin village had a population of 345. That makes it the 56th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 287 residents.

Badin village has 151 males and 194 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badin has about 1285 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 981.

The pincode recorded for Badin is 175054. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badin covers 77.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badin falls under Thunag tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badin 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 village for Badin.

Badin 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.

Badin is in Thunag tehsil of Mandi district. Sundarnagar is about 14 km away. Thunag 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 Trasun (under 2 km), Bhamar (6.7 km) and D P F Bhagdyar (6.7 km).

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

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