About Badua Village

Badua is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 161, made up of 81 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 988 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171011, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badua Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badua village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171011
Area (hectares)	47.65 hectares
Population	161
Male Population	81
Female Population	80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	988
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badua compares

By the 2011 count Badua is the 152nd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 47.65 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Badua

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

Badua 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 Badua
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 Badua

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 Badua

As per the Census of India 2011, Badua village had a population of 161. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Badua village has 81 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badua has about 988 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 987.

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

Badua covers 47.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Badua 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 Badua.

Badua 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.

Badua 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.