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About Badhan Village

Badhan is a small village in Fatehgarh tehsil, in the district of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10, made up of 5 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1252.71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 345001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhan village
Description Value
State Rajasthan
District Jaisalmer
Tehsil Fatehgarh
Pincode 345001
Area (hectares) 1252.71 hectares
Population 10
Male Population 5
Female Population 5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Badhan compares

By the 2011 count Badhan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 818 residents. Its 1252.71 hectares work out to about 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 851.

Getting to Badhan

Badhan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badhan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badhan from other places

Badhan lies about 33 km from Fatehgarh, and the nearest railway station is Jaisalmer, about 29 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 Jaisalmer 29 km
Tehsil headquarters Fatehgarh 33 km

Villages closest to Badhan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhan village had a population of 10. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 818 residents.

Badhan village has 5 males and 5 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, well above the tehsil average of 851.

The pincode recorded for Badhan is 345001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhan covers 1252.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badhan falls under Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Badhan is Jaisalmer, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badhan.

Badhan is about 33 km from Fatehgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhan is in Fatehgarh tehsil of Jaisalmer district. Jaisalmer is about 29 km away. Fatehgarh is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Narsingon Ki Dhani (2.4 km), Korwa (4.0 km) and Ugawa (4.2 km).

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

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