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About Badhalag Village

Badhalag is a small village in Krishangarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 327, made up of 157 males and 170 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,083 females per 1000 males. The village covers 121.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhalag Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhalag village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Krishangarh
Pincode 173218
Area (hectares) 121.94 hectares
Population 327
Male Population 157
Female Population 170
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,083
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhalag compares

By the 2011 count Badhalag is the 14th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 118 residents. Its 121.94 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1045.

Getting to Badhalag

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

Badhalag lies about 17 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Sonwara, about 9.7 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 Badhalag
Tehsil headquarters Krishangarh 3.9 km
Nearest railway station Sonwara 9.7 km
Nearest town Kālka 14 km
District headquarters Solan 17 km

Villages closest to Badhalag

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhalag village had a population of 327. That makes it the 14th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 118 residents.

Badhalag village has 157 males and 170 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhalag has about 1083 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Badhalag is 173218. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhalag covers 121.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhalag falls under Krishangarh tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badhalag is Sonwara, about 9.7 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 Badhalag.

Badhalag is about 17 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhalag is in Krishangarh tehsil of Solan district. Krishangarh is about 3.9 km away. Sonwara is about 9.7 km away. Kālka is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badhol (under 2 km), Jangal Badhu (under 2 km) and Janjao (under 2 km).

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

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