About Badhana Village

Badhana is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 175 males and 154 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 880 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 146102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Garhshankar
Pincode	146102
Area (hectares)	63 hectares
Population	329
Male Population	175
Female Population	154
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	880
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhana compares

By the 2011 count Badhana is the 243rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 63 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Badhana

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

Badhana lies about 20 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Sham Chaurasi, about 13 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 Badhana
Nearest railway station	Sham Chaurasi	13 km
Nearest town	Adampur	15 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garhshankar	32 km

Villages closest to Badhana

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.

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Common questions about Badhana

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhana village had a population of 329. That makes it the 243rd largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Badhana village has 175 males and 154 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhana has about 880 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Badhana is 146102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhana covers 63 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhana falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badhana is Sham Chaurasi, about 13 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 Badhana.

Badhana is about 20 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhana is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Sham Chaurasi is about 13 km away. Adampur is about 15 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.