About Badowal Kalan Village

Badowal Kalan is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,667, made up of 885 males and 782 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 884 females per 1000 males. The village covers 481 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badowal Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badowal Kalan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Gurdaspur
Tehsil	Batala
Pincode	143601
Area (hectares)	481 hectares
Population	1,667
Male Population	885
Female Population	782
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	884
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Badowal Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Badowal Kalan is the 93rd largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 481 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Badowal Kalan

Badowal Kalan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Badowal Kalan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badowal Kalan from other places

Badowal Kalan lies about 47 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Fatehgarh Churian, about 2.3 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 Badowal Kalan
Nearest railway station	Fatehgarh Churian	2.3 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Batala	26 km
District headquarters	Gurdaspur	47 km

Villages closest to Badowal Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Batala 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 Badowal Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Badowal Kalan village had a population of 1,667. That makes it the 93rd largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Badowal Kalan village has 885 males and 782 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badowal Kalan has about 884 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Badowal Kalan is 143601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badowal Kalan covers 481 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badowal Kalan falls under Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badowal Kalan is Fatehgarh Churian, about 2.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Badowal Kalan.

Badowal Kalan is about 47 km from Gurdaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badowal Kalan is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Fatehgarh Churian is about 2.3 km away. Ajnāla is about 18 km away. Batala is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.