About Ghanipur Badhan Village

Ghanipur Badhan is a small village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 349, made up of 180 males and 169 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 939 females per 1000 males. The village covers 107 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ghanipur Badhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ghanipur Badhan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144202
Area (hectares)	107 hectares
Population	349
Male Population	180
Female Population	169
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	939
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ghanipur Badhan compares

By the 2011 count Ghanipur Badhan is the 269th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 107 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Ghanipur Badhan

Ghanipur Badhan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ghanipur Badhan 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ghanipur Badhan from other places

Ghanipur Badhan lies about 21 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Sanaura, about 5.5 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 Ghanipur Badhan
Nearest railway station	Sanaura	5.5 km
Nearest town	Urmar	12 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	26 km

Villages closest to Ghanipur Badhan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dasua 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 Ghanipur Badhan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ghanipur Badhan village had a population of 349. That makes it the 269th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Ghanipur Badhan village has 180 males and 169 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ghanipur Badhan has about 939 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Ghanipur Badhan is 144202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ghanipur Badhan covers 107 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ghanipur Badhan falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ghanipur Badhan is Sanaura, about 5.5 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ghanipur Badhan.

Ghanipur Badhan is about 21 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ghanipur Badhan is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Sanaura is about 5.5 km away. Urmar is about 12 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.