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About Badon Village

Badon is a mid sized village in Garhshankar tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,622, made up of 782 males and 840 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 300 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144406, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badon village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Garhshankar
Pincode 144406
Area (hectares) 300 hectares
Population 1,622
Male Population 782
Female Population 840
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Badon compares

By the 2011 count Badon is the 48th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents. Its 300 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

Getting to Badon

Badon 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 Badon as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Badon from other places

Badon lies about 22 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Bahram, about 15 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 Badon
Nearest railway station Bahram 15 km
Nearest town Phagwāra 18 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Garhshankar 26 km

Villages closest to Badon

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 Badon

As per the Census of India 2011, Badon village had a population of 1,622. That makes it the 48th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,022 residents.

Badon village has 782 males and 840 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badon has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 961.

The pincode recorded for Badon is 144406. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badon covers 300 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badon falls under Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badon is Bahram, about 15 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 village for Badon.

Badon is about 22 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badon is in Garhshankar tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Bahram is about 15 km away. Phagwāra is about 18 km away. Hoshiarpur is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ajnoha (1.7 km), Rahalli (1.7 km) and Nadalon (2.2 km).

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

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