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About Badog Village

Badog is a small village in Darlaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 330, made up of 153 males and 177 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,157 females per 1000 males. The village covers 174 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171102, 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 Darlaghat
Pincode 171102
Area (hectares) 174 hectares
Population 330
Male Population 153
Female Population 177
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,157
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 27th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 194 residents. Its 174 hectares work out to about 1.9 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 1006.

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 15 km from Solan, 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 Badog
Nearest railway station Salogra 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Darlaghat 15 km
District headquarters Solan 15 km

Villages closest to Badog

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Darlaghat 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 330. That makes it the 27th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 194 residents.

Badog village has 153 males and 177 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badog has about 1157 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Badog is 171102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badog covers 174 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 Darlaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badog 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 Badog.

Badog is about 15 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 Darlaghat tehsil of Solan district. Salogra is about 12 km away. Darlaghat is about 15 km away. Solan is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badahal (under 2 km), Banli (under 2 km) and Batehr (2.3 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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