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About Badhni Khurd Village

Badhni Khurd is a mid sized village in Nihal Singhwala tehsil, in the district of Moga, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,744, made up of 908 males and 836 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 921 females per 1000 males. The village covers 374 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142037, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhni Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhni Khurd village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Moga
Tehsil Nihal Singhwala
Pincode 142037
Area (hectares) 374 hectares
Population 1,744
Male Population 908
Female Population 836
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 921
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhni Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Badhni Khurd is the 31st largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 4,201 residents. Its 374 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Badhni Khurd

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

Badhni Khurd lies about 17 km from Moga, and the nearest railway station is Ajitwal, about 12 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 Badhni Khurd
Nearest railway station Ajitwal 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Nihal Singhwala 14 km
District headquarters Moga 17 km

Villages closest to Badhni Khurd

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nihal Singhwala 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 Badhni Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhni Khurd village had a population of 1,744. That makes it the 31st largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,201 residents.

Badhni Khurd village has 908 males and 836 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhni Khurd has about 921 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Badhni Khurd is 142037. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhni Khurd covers 374 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhni Khurd falls under Nihal Singhwala tehsil of Moga district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badhni Khurd is Ajitwal, about 12 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 Badhni Khurd.

Badhni Khurd is about 17 km from Moga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhni Khurd is in Nihal Singhwala tehsil of Moga district. Ajitwal is about 12 km away. Nihal Singhwala is about 14 km away. Moga is about 17 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Badhni Kalan (3.1 km), Lopon (5.7 km) and Raoke Kalan (6.2 km).

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

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