About Badrah Village

Badrah is a mid sized village in Handwara tehsil, in the district of Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,161, made up of 600 males and 561 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 95.1 hectares hectares.

Badrah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badrah village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Kupwara
Tehsil	Handwara
Area (hectares)	95.1 hectares
Population	1,161
Male Population	600
Female Population	561
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badrah compares

By the 2011 count Badrah is the 92nd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents. Its 95.1 hectares work out to about 12 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Getting to Badrah

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

Badrah lies about 16 km from Kupwara, and the nearest railway station is Baramula, about 22 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 Badrah
Tehsil headquarters	Handwara	2.9 km
District headquarters	Kupwara	16 km
Nearest town	Kopawor	16 km
Nearest railway station	Baramula	22 km

Villages closest to Badrah

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badrah village had a population of 1,161. That makes it the 92nd largest of the 191 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,314 residents.

Badrah village has 600 males and 561 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badrah has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 929.

Badrah covers 95.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 12 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Badrah falls under Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Badrah is Baramula, about 22 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 10+ km distance for Badrah.

Badrah is about 16 km from Kupwara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badrah is in Handwara tehsil of Kupwara district. Handwara is about 2.9 km away. Kupwara is about 16 km away. Kopawor is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.