About Badog Village

Badog is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 111 males and 111 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69.99 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, 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	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173221
Area (hectares)	69.99 hectares
Population	222
Male Population	111
Female Population	111
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 Badog compares

By the 2011 count Badog is the 68th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 69.99 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Badog

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

Badog lies about 40 km from Solan, 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
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	11 km
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	21 km
Nearest town	Shimla	23 km
District headquarters	Solan	40 km

Villages closest to Badog

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badog village had a population of 222. That makes it the 68th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Badog village has 111 males and 111 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badog has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Badog is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badog covers 69.99 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badog falls under Arki tehsil of Solan 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Badog.

Badog is about 40 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badog is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Arki is about 11 km away. Jutogh is about 21 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.