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About Badhel Village

Badhel is a small village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 260, made up of 137 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 166013, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhel Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhel village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 166013
Area (hectares) 69 hectares
Population 260
Male Population 137
Female Population 123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
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 Badhel compares

By the 2011 count Badhel is the 256th 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 69 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 Badhel

The census records public bus service for Badhel 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 Badhel from other places

Badhel lies about 20 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 16 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 Badhel
Nearest railway station Mahngarwal Doaba 16 km
Nearest town Banga 19 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 25 km

Villages closest to Badhel

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 Badhel

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhel village had a population of 260. That makes it the 256th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Badhel village has 137 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhel has about 898 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 Badhel is 166013. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhel covers 69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhel falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badhel is Mahngarwal Doaba, about 16 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 Badhel.

Badhel 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.

Badhel is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Mahngarwal Doaba is about 16 km away. Banga is about 19 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.

The closest recorded villages are Rupowal (under 2 km), Thapal (under 2 km) and Rahalli (under 2 km).

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

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