About Badiara Village

Badiara is a small village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 249, made up of 126 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 976 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badiara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badiara village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chirgaon
Pincode	171214
Area (hectares)	91.56 hectares
Population	249
Male Population	126
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	976
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badiara compares

By the 2011 count Badiara is the 74th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 91.56 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Badiara

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

Badiara lies about 16 km from Shimla, 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 Badiara
Nearest railway station	Salogra	12 km
Nearest town	Solan	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chirgaon	16 km
District headquarters	Shimla	16 km

Villages closest to Badiara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badiara village had a population of 249. That makes it the 74th largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Badiara village has 126 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badiara has about 976 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Badiara is 171214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badiara covers 91.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badiara falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badiara 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 Badiara.

Badiara is about 16 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badiara is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. Salogra is about 12 km away. Solan is about 15 km away. Chirgaon is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.