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About Badfar Village

Badfar is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 75, made up of 40 males and 35 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badfar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badfar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171001
Area (hectares) 45.4 hectares
Population 75
Male Population 40
Female Population 35
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badfar compares

By the 2011 count Badfar is the 298th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 45.4 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 987.

Getting to Badfar

Badfar is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badfar as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Badfar from other places

Badfar lies about 3.5 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 Badfar
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 3.5 km
District headquarters Shimla 3.5 km

Villages closest to Badfar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Badfar

As per the Census of India 2011, Badfar village had a population of 75. That makes it the 298th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Badfar village has 40 males and 35 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badfar has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Badfar is 171001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badfar covers 45.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badfar falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badfar.

Badfar is about 3.5 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badfar is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Shimla Rural is about 3.5 km away. Shimla is about 3.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jangal Badfar I (under 2 km), Jangal Badfar Ii (under 2 km) and Banreri (under 2 km).

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

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