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About Badowal Village

Badowal is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 554, made up of 280 males and 274 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 979 females per 1000 males. The village covers 311 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144530, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badowal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144530
Area (hectares) 311 hectares
Population 554
Male Population 280
Female Population 274
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 979
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Badowal compares

By the 2011 count Badowal is the 201st largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 311 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Badowal

The census records public bus service for Badowal as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badowal from other places

Badowal lies about 40 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Garhshankar, about 1.9 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
Nearest railway station Garhshankar 1.9 km
Nearest town Nawanshahr 13 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 40 km

Villages closest to Badowal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badowal village had a population of 554. That makes it the 201st largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Badowal village has 280 males and 274 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badowal has about 979 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Badowal is 144530. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badowal covers 311 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badowal falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badowal is Garhshankar, about 1.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badowal.

Badowal is about 40 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badowal is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Garhshankar is about 1.9 km away. Nawanshahr is about 13 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 40 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sadhowal (under 2 km), Parowal (under 2 km) and Birampur (under 2 km).

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

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