About Badshal Village

Badshal is a small village in Tikar tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 457, made up of 232 males and 225 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 970 females per 1000 males. The village covers 159 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171203, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badshal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badshal village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Tikar
Pincode	171203
Area (hectares)	159 hectares
Population	457
Male Population	232
Female Population	225
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	970
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badshal compares

By the 2011 count Badshal is the 14th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 337 residents. Its 159 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Badshal

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

Badshal lies about 44 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 Badshal
Tehsil headquarters	Tikar	25 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	38 km
District headquarters	Shimla	44 km

Villages closest to Badshal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badshal village had a population of 457. That makes it the 14th largest of the 41 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 337 residents.

Badshal village has 232 males and 225 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badshal has about 970 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Badshal is 171203. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badshal covers 159 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badshal falls under Tikar tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Badshal 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 Badshal.

Badshal is about 44 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badshal is in Tikar tehsil of Shimla district. Tikar is about 25 km away. Sundarnagar is about 38 km away. Shimla is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.