About Badal Village

Badal is a large village in Malout tehsil, in the district of Muktsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,473, made up of 1,863 males and 1,610 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 864 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1495 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badal village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Muktsar
Tehsil	Malout
Pincode	152113
Area (hectares)	1495 hectares
Population	3,473
Male Population	1,863
Female Population	1,610
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	864
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badal compares

By the 2011 count Badal is the 22nd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,931 residents. Its 1495 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

Getting to Badal

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

Badal lies about 46 km from Muktsar, and the nearest railway station is Pathrala, about 11 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 Badal
Nearest railway station	Pathrala	11 km
Nearest town	Mandi Dabwāli	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Malout	23 km
District headquarters	Muktsar	46 km

Villages closest to Badal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badal village had a population of 3,473. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 91 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,931 residents.

Badal village has 1,863 males and 1,610 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badal has about 864 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 901.

The pincode recorded for Badal is 152113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badal covers 1495 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badal falls under Malout tehsil of Muktsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badal is Pathrala, about 11 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Badal.

Badal is about 46 km from Muktsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badal is in Malout tehsil of Muktsar district. Pathrala is about 11 km away. Mandi Dabwāli is about 13 km away. Malout is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.