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About Badalgarh Village

Badalgarh is a mid sized village in Moonak tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,946, made up of 1,087 males and 859 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 790 females per 1000 males. The village covers 757 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148033, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badalgarh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badalgarh village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Moonak
Pincode 148033
Area (hectares) 757 hectares
Population 1,946
Male Population 1,087
Female Population 859
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 790
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badalgarh compares

By the 2011 count Badalgarh is the 21st largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,218 residents. Its 757 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 896.

Getting to Badalgarh

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

Badalgarh lies about 43 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Gurney, about 19 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 Badalgarh
Nearest town Patran 9.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Moonak 12 km
Nearest railway station Gurney 19 km
District headquarters Sangrur 43 km

Villages closest to Badalgarh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badalgarh village had a population of 1,946. That makes it the 21st largest of the 46 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,218 residents.

Badalgarh village has 1,087 males and 859 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badalgarh has about 790 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 896.

The pincode recorded for Badalgarh is 148033. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badalgarh covers 757 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badalgarh falls under Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Badalgarh is Gurney, about 19 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 Badalgarh.

Badalgarh is about 43 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badalgarh is in Moonak tehsil of Sangrur district. Patran is about 9.7 km away. Moonak is about 12 km away. Gurney is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Shergarh Alias Sihan Singhwala (2.1 km), Bangan (2.2 km) and Rajal Heri (3.9 km).

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

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