About Badhawani Village

Badhawani is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 6, made up of 3 males and 3 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhawani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhawani village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	10.7 hectares
Population	6
Male Population	3
Female Population	3
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhawani compares

By the 2011 count Badhawani is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 10.7 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Badhawani

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

Badhawani 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 Badhawani
Nearest railway station	Salogra	12 km
Nearest town	Solan	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	16 km
District headquarters	Shimla	16 km

Villages closest to Badhawani

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.

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Common questions about Badhawani

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhawani village had a population of 6. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Badhawani village has 3 males and 3 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhawani has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Badhawani is 171011. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhawani covers 10.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Badhawani 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 Badhawani.

Badhawani 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.

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