About Badhana Village

Badhana is a small village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 272, made up of 149 males and 123 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 826 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	127.25 hectares
Population	272
Male Population	149
Female Population	123
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	826
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 Badhana compares

By the 2011 count Badhana is the 53rd largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 127.25 hectares work out to about 2.1 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 948.

Getting to Badhana

Badhana is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Badhana 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 Badhana from other places

Badhana lies about 33 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 Badhana
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	3.5 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	22 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	33 km

Villages closest to Badhana

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.

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Common questions about Badhana

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhana village had a population of 272. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Badhana village has 149 males and 123 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhana has about 826 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 Badhana is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhana covers 127.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhana falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Badhana 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 Badhana.

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

Badhana is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 3.5 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 22 km away. Dehradun is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.