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About Badial Village

Badial is a small village in Mukerian tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 375, made up of 192 males and 183 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 106 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144306, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badial Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badial village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Hoshiarpur
Tehsil Mukerian
Pincode 144306
Area (hectares) 106 hectares
Population 375
Male Population 192
Female Population 183
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Badial compares

By the 2011 count Badial is the 232nd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 908 residents. Its 106 hectares work out to about 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 995.

Getting to Badial

Badial is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badial 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badial from other places

Badial lies about 62 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Chak Kalan, 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 Badial
Nearest railway station Chak Kalan 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Mukerian 11 km
Nearest town Mukeriān 11 km
District headquarters Hoshiarpur 62 km

Villages closest to Badial

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.

Common questions about Badial

As per the Census of India 2011, Badial village had a population of 375. That makes it the 232nd largest of the 295 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 908 residents.

Badial village has 192 males and 183 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badial has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 995.

The pincode recorded for Badial is 144306. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badial covers 106 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badial falls under Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badial is Chak Kalan, about 3.9 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Badial.

Badial is about 62 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badial is in Mukerian tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Chak Kalan is about 3.9 km away. Mukerian is about 11 km away. Mukeriān is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhal (under 2 km), Chanaur (under 2 km) and Chhani Nand Singh (under 2 km).

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

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