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About Badhau Village

Badhau is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 296, made up of 161 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 839 females per 1000 males. The village covers 154.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhau village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Dehradun
Tehsil Kalsi
Pincode 248158
Area (hectares) 154.3 hectares
Population 296
Male Population 161
Female Population 135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 839
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badhau compares

By the 2011 count Badhau is the 46th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 154.3 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Getting to Badhau

Badhau is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Badhau 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 within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Badhau from other places

Badhau lies about 32 km from Dehradun. 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 Badhau
Tehsil headquarters Kalsi 13 km
Nearest town Mussoorie 19 km
District headquarters Dehradun 32 km

Villages closest to Badhau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhau village had a population of 296. That makes it the 46th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Badhau village has 161 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhau has about 839 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Badhau is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhau covers 154.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badhau falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Badhau notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

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

Badhau is about 32 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhau is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 13 km away. Mussoorie is about 19 km away. Dehradun is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Latau (under 2 km), Jaindau (under 2 km) and Mundhan (under 2 km).

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

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