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About Badhawani Village

Badhawani is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 40, made up of 16 males and 24 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,500 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.36 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173222, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhawani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhawani village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kandaghat
Pincode 173222
Area (hectares) 38.36 hectares
Population 40
Male Population 16
Female Population 24
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,500
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhawani compares

By the 2011 count Badhawani is the 199th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 38.36 hectares work out to about 1.0 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 967.

Getting to Badhawani

Badhawani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badhawani as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Badhawani from other places

Badhawani 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 Badhawani
Nearest railway station Salogra 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Kandaghat 13 km
District headquarters Solan 15 km

Villages closest to Badhawani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhawani village had a population of 40. That makes it the 199th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Badhawani village has 16 males and 24 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhawani has about 1500 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Badhawani is 173222. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhawani covers 38.36 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badhawani falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badhawani 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 <5 km distance for Badhawani.

Badhawani 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.

Badhawani is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Salogra is about 12 km away. Kandaghat is about 13 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 Badhet (2.0 km), Kahali Kamyaru (2.5 km) and Jethna (2.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Badhawani today is likely to be higher.

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