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About Badhol Village

Badhol is a small village in Krishangarh tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 85, made up of 48 males and 37 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 771 females per 1000 males. The village covers 51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173206, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhol village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Krishangarh
Pincode 173206
Area (hectares) 51 hectares
Population 85
Male Population 48
Female Population 37
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 771
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhol compares

By the 2011 count Badhol is the 98th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 118 residents. Its 51 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1045.

Getting to Badhol

Badhol is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badhol as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Badhol from other places

Badhol 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 Badhol
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 Badhol

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 Badhol

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhol village had a population of 85. That makes it the 98th largest of the 201 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 118 residents.

Badhol village has 48 males and 37 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhol has about 771 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1045.

The pincode recorded for Badhol is 173206. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhol covers 51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Badhol 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badhol.

Badhol 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.

Badhol 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 Badhalag (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 Badhol today is likely to be higher.

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