About Badgala Village

Badgala is a small village in Rajgarh tehsil, in the district of Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 322, made up of 160 males and 162 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,012 females per 1000 males. The village covers 420.05 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badgala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badgala village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Sirmaur
Tehsil	Rajgarh
Pincode	173101
Area (hectares)	420.05 hectares
Population	322
Male Population	160
Female Population	162
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,012
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badgala compares

By the 2011 count Badgala is the 64th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 328 residents. Its 420.05 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

Getting to Badgala

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

Badgala lies about 22 km from Sirmaur, and the nearest railway station is Salogra, about 16 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 Badgala
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarh	4.5 km
Nearest railway station	Salogra	16 km
Nearest town	Solan	16 km
District headquarters	Sirmaur	22 km

Villages closest to Badgala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badgala village had a population of 322. That makes it the 64th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 328 residents.

Badgala village has 160 males and 162 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badgala has about 1012 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 946.

The pincode recorded for Badgala is 173101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badgala covers 420.05 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badgala falls under Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badgala is Salogra, about 16 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 Badgala.

Badgala is about 22 km from Sirmaur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badgala is in Rajgarh tehsil of Sirmaur district. Rajgarh is about 4.5 km away. Salogra is about 16 km away. Solan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.