About Badhal Village

Badhal is a mid sized village in Rampur tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 748, made up of 409 males and 339 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 492 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 172101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Rampur
Pincode	172101
Area (hectares)	492 hectares
Population	748
Male Population	409
Female Population	339
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	829
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhal compares

By the 2011 count Badhal is the 22nd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 440 residents. Its 492 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Badhal

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

Badhal lies about 78 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 Badhal
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur	20 km
District headquarters	Shimla	78 km

Villages closest to Badhal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhal village had a population of 748. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 149 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 440 residents.

Badhal village has 409 males and 339 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhal has about 829 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 962.

The pincode recorded for Badhal is 172101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhal covers 492 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badhal falls under Rampur tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Badhal 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 village for Badhal.

Badhal is about 78 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhal is in Rampur tehsil of Shimla district. Rampur is about 20 km away. Shimla is about 78 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.