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About Badmal Village

Badmal is a small village in Ramshahr tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 122, made up of 60 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,033 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173218, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badmal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badmal village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Solan
Tehsil Ramshahr
Pincode 173218
Area (hectares) 67 hectares
Population 122
Male Population 60
Female Population 62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,033
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badmal compares

By the 2011 count Badmal is the 95th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 151 residents. Its 67 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

Getting to Badmal

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

Badmal lies about 65 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Anandpur Sahib, about 3.0 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 Badmal
Nearest railway station Anandpur Sahib 3.0 km
Nearest town Nangal 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Ramshahr 29 km
District headquarters Solan 65 km

Villages closest to Badmal

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.

Common questions about Badmal

As per the Census of India 2011, Badmal village had a population of 122. That makes it the 95th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 151 residents.

Badmal village has 60 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badmal has about 1033 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 992.

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

Badmal covers 67 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Badmal is Anandpur Sahib, about 3.0 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 Badmal.

Badmal is about 65 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badmal is in Ramshahr tehsil of Solan district. Anandpur Sahib is about 3.0 km away. Nangal is about 24 km away. Ramshahr is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badhal (under 2 km), Behli (7.3 km) and Jangal Ramgarh (9.0 km).

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

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