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About Badole Village

Badole is a small village in Lohaghat tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 162, made up of 80 males and 82 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,025 females per 1000 males. The village covers 109.5 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262527, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badole Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badole village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Lohaghat
Pincode 262527
Area (hectares) 109.5 hectares
Population 162
Male Population 80
Female Population 82
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,025
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badole compares

By the 2011 count Badole is the 145th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 298 residents. Its 109.5 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1057.

Getting to Badole

Badole is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badole as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Badole from other places

Badole lies about 28 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 34 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 Badole
Nearest town Almora 22 km
Tehsil headquarters Lohaghat 26 km
District headquarters Champawat 28 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 34 km

Villages closest to Badole

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badole village had a population of 162. That makes it the 145th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 298 residents.

Badole village has 80 males and 82 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badole has about 1025 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1057.

The pincode recorded for Badole is 262527. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badole covers 109.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badole falls under Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Badole is Kathgodam, about 34 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Badole.

Badole is about 28 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badole is in Lohaghat tehsil of Champawat district. Almora is about 22 km away. Lohaghat is about 26 km away. Champawat is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Simela (3.3 km), Simlack (3.3 km) and Bisrari (4.5 km).

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

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