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About Badowal Khurd Village

Badowal Khurd is a mid sized village in Batala tehsil, in the district of Gurdaspur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,378, made up of 735 males and 643 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 271 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143601, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badowal Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badowal Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Gurdaspur
Tehsil Batala
Pincode 143601
Area (hectares) 271 hectares
Population 1,378
Male Population 735
Female Population 643
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Badowal Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Badowal Khurd is the 124th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents. Its 271 hectares work out to about 5.1 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 Khurd

Badowal Khurd 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 Khurd 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badowal Khurd from other places

Badowal Khurd lies about 47 km from Gurdaspur, and the nearest railway station is Fatehgarh Churian, about 2.4 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 Badowal Khurd
Nearest railway station Fatehgarh Churian 2.4 km
Nearest town Ajnāla 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Batala 26 km
District headquarters Gurdaspur 47 km

Villages closest to Badowal Khurd

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.

Common questions about Badowal Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Badowal Khurd village had a population of 1,378. That makes it the 124th largest of the 351 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,329 residents.

Badowal Khurd village has 735 males and 643 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badowal Khurd has about 875 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 Khurd is 143601. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badowal Khurd covers 271 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Badowal Khurd is Fatehgarh Churian, about 2.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Badowal Khurd.

Badowal Khurd 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 Khurd is in Batala tehsil of Gurdaspur district. Fatehgarh Churian is about 2.4 km away. Ajnāla is about 17 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.

The closest recorded villages are Badowal Kalan (under 2 km), Gharkian (1.9 km) and Dadu Jodh (2.2 km).

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

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