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About Badigah Lalan Village

Badigah Lalan is a mid sized village in Damhal Hanjipora tehsil, in the district of Kulgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,868, made up of 981 males and 887 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 305.1 hectares hectares.

Badigah Lalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badigah Lalan village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Kulgam
Tehsil Damhal Hanjipora
Area (hectares) 305.1 hectares
Population 1,868
Male Population 981
Female Population 887
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badigah Lalan compares

By the 2011 count Badigah Lalan is the 20th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,136 residents. Its 305.1 hectares work out to about 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Getting to Badigah Lalan

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

Badigah Lalan lies about 12 km from Kulgam, and the nearest railway station is Sadura, about 2.2 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 Badigah Lalan
Nearest railway station Sadura 2.2 km
Nearest town Anantnag 4.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Damhal Hanjipora 12 km
District headquarters Kulgam 12 km

Villages closest to Badigah Lalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Damhal Hanjipora 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 Badigah Lalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Badigah Lalan village had a population of 1,868. That makes it the 20th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,136 residents.

Badigah Lalan village has 981 males and 887 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badigah Lalan has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 951.

Badigah Lalan covers 305.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.1 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Badigah Lalan falls under Damhal Hanjipora tehsil of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Badigah Lalan is Sadura, about 2.2 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 Badigah Lalan.

Badigah Lalan is about 12 km from Kulgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badigah Lalan is in Damhal Hanjipora tehsil of Kulgam district. Sadura is about 2.2 km away. Anantnag is about 4.2 km away. Damhal Hanjipora is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Nihama (3.0 km), Largo Ramahama (4.2 km) and Chogal Pora (4.7 km).

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

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