About Badhan Village

Badhan is a mid sized village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 544, made up of 272 males and 272 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 79 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhan village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Mukerian
Pincode	144214
Area (hectares)	79 hectares
Population	544
Male Population	272
Female Population	272
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhan compares

By the 2011 count Badhan is the 191st largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 79 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Badhan

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

Badhan lies about 68 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Jhawar, about 3.9 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 Badhan
Nearest railway station	Jhawar	3.9 km
Nearest town	Gurdaspur	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mukerian	20 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	68 km

Villages closest to Badhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhan village had a population of 544. That makes it the 191st largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Badhan village has 272 males and 272 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhan has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Badhan is 144214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhan covers 79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Badhan falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badhan is Jhawar, about 3.9 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 Badhan.

Badhan is about 68 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhan is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Jhawar is about 3.9 km away. Gurdaspur is about 7.2 km away. Mukerian is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.