About Badhu Village

Badhu is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 451, made up of 240 males and 211 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 879 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhu village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Ramshahr
Pincode	174102
Area (hectares)	223.51 hectares
Population	451
Male Population	240
Female Population	211
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	879
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhu compares

By the 2011 count Badhu is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 223.51 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Badhu

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

Badhu lies about 50 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 23 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 Badhu
Tehsil headquarters	Ramshahr	19 km
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	23 km
Nearest town	Sundarnagar	33 km
District headquarters	Solan	50 km

Villages closest to Badhu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhu village had a population of 451. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Badhu village has 240 males and 211 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhu has about 879 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 992.

The pincode recorded for Badhu is 174102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhu covers 223.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhu falls under Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Badhu is Kiratpur Sahib, about 23 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 Badhu.

Badhu is about 50 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhu is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Ramshahr is about 19 km away. Kiratpur Sahib is about 23 km away. Sundarnagar is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.