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About Badyar Village

Badyar is a small village in Kasauli tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 147, made up of 77 males and 70 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 35.64 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badyar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badyar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Kasauli
Pincode 173225
Area (hectares) 35.64 hectares
Population 147
Male Population 77
Female Population 70
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Badyar compares

By the 2011 count Badyar is the 96th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 208 residents. Its 35.64 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Badyar

Badyar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Badyar 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badyar from other places

Badyar 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 Badyar
Nearest railway station Salogra 12 km
District headquarters Solan 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Kasauli 28 km

Villages closest to Badyar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badyar village had a population of 147. That makes it the 96th largest of the 256 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 208 residents.

Badyar village has 77 males and 70 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badyar has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Badyar is 173225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badyar covers 35.64 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badyar falls under Kasauli tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badyar is Salogra, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Badyar.

Badyar 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.

Badyar is in Kasauli tehsil of Solan district. Salogra is about 12 km away. Solan is about 15 km away. Kasauli is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Junti (2.7 km), Lohari (5.3 km) and Chaamon (6.4 km).

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

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