About Badon Village

Badon is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 236, made up of 134 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 761 females per 1000 males. The village covers 145 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173215, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badon village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173215
Area (hectares)	145 hectares
Population	236
Male Population	134
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	761
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badon compares

By the 2011 count Badon is the 40th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 145 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Badon

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

Badon lies about 9.7 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kanoh, about under 2 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 Badon
Nearest railway station	Kanoh	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	3.6 km
District headquarters	Solan	9.7 km

Villages closest to Badon

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.

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Common questions about Badon

As per the Census of India 2011, Badon village had a population of 236. That makes it the 40th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Badon village has 134 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badon has about 761 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Badon is 173215. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badon covers 145 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Badon is Kanoh, about under 2 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 Badon.

Badon is about 9.7 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badon is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Kanoh is about under 2 km away. Kandaghat is about 3.6 km away. Solan is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.