About Badhanu Village

Badhanu is a small village in Kalakote tehsil, in the district of Rajouri, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 265, made up of 139 males and 126 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 906 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 185202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhanu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhanu village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Rajouri
Tehsil	Kalakote
Pincode	185202
Area (hectares)	112.5 hectares
Population	265
Male Population	139
Female Population	126
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	906
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhanu compares

By the 2011 count Badhanu is the 59th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents. Its 112.5 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

Getting to Badhanu

Badhanu is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badhanu as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Badhanu from other places

Badhanu lies about 9.6 km from Rajouri, and the nearest railway station is Dugga, about 61 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 Badhanu
District headquarters	Rajouri	9.6 km
Nearest town	Rajaori	9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalakote	26 km
Nearest railway station	Dugga	61 km

Villages closest to Badhanu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhanu village had a population of 265. That makes it the 59th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,069 residents.

Badhanu village has 139 males and 126 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhanu has about 906 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 919.

The pincode recorded for Badhanu is 185202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhanu covers 112.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhanu falls under Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Badhanu is Dugga, about 61 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Badhanu.

Badhanu is about 9.6 km from Rajouri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhanu is in Kalakote tehsil of Rajouri district. Rajouri is about 9.6 km away. Rajaori is about 9.7 km away. Kalakote is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.