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About Badot Village

Badot is a small village in Jubbal tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 294, made up of 147 males and 147 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 117 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badot village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Jubbal
Pincode 171216
Area (hectares) 117 hectares
Population 294
Male Population 147
Female Population 147
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badot compares

By the 2011 count Badot is the 47th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 267 residents. Its 117 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Badot

Badot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badot as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Badot from other places

Badot lies about 29 km from Shimla. 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 Badot
Tehsil headquarters Jubbal 18 km
District headquarters Shimla 29 km

Villages closest to Badot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badot village had a population of 294. That makes it the 47th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 267 residents.

Badot village has 147 males and 147 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badot has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Badot is 171216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badot covers 117 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badot falls under Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Badot notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badot.

Badot is about 29 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badot is in Jubbal tehsil of Shimla district. Jubbal is about 18 km away. Shimla is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anu (2.7 km), Pandranu (2.7 km) and Johta (3.2 km).

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

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