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About Badla Village

Badla is a mid sized village in Khamanon tehsil, in the district of Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,233, made up of 625 males and 608 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 973 females per 1000 males. The village covers 428 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 140101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badla Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badla village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Fatehgarh Sahib
Tehsil Khamanon
Pincode 140101
Area (hectares) 428 hectares
Population 1,233
Male Population 625
Female Population 608
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 973
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badla compares

By the 2011 count Badla is the 22nd largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents. Its 428 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Badla

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

Badla lies about 63 km from Fatehgarh Sahib, and the nearest railway station is Khamanon, about 5.4 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 Badla
Nearest railway station Khamanon 5.4 km
Nearest town Gobindgarh 10 km
District headquarters Fatehgarh Sahib 63 km

Villages closest to Badla

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badla village had a population of 1,233. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 71 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,126 residents.

Badla village has 625 males and 608 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badla has about 973 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 898.

The pincode recorded for Badla is 140101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badla covers 428 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badla falls under Khamanon tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badla is Khamanon, about 5.4 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 Badla.

Badla is about 63 km from Fatehgarh Sahib in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badla is in Khamanon tehsil of Fatehgarh Sahib district. Khamanon is about 5.4 km away. Gobindgarh is about 10 km away. Fatehgarh Sahib is about 63 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kotla Badla (under 2 km), Raya (1.5 km) and Dulwan (2.2 km).

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

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