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About Badog Village

Badog is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 56, made up of 30 males and 26 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badog Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badog village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Shimla
Tehsil Shimla Rural
Pincode 171103
Area (hectares) 29 hectares
Population 56
Male Population 30
Female Population 26
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 867
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 Badog compares

By the 2011 count Badog is the 357th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 29 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 Badog

Badog is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badog 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 Badog from other places

Badog lies about 23 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 21 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 Badog
Nearest railway station Jutogh 21 km
Tehsil headquarters Shimla Rural 23 km
District headquarters Shimla 23 km

Villages closest to Badog

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 Badog

As per the Census of India 2011, Badog village had a population of 56. That makes it the 357th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Badog village has 30 males and 26 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badog has about 867 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 Badog is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badog covers 29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Badog is Jutogh, about 21 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badog.

Badog is about 23 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badog is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 21 km away. Shimla Rural is about 23 km away. Shimla is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kolu Jubur (2.1 km), Jamati (3.0 km) and Chanog (3.4 km).

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

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