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About Badinu Village

Badinu is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 79, made up of 31 males and 48 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,548 females per 1000 males. The village covers 64.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246279, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badinu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badinu village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Dhoomakot
Pincode 246279
Area (hectares) 64.15 hectares
Population 79
Male Population 31
Female Population 48
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,548
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badinu compares

By the 2011 count Badinu is the 190th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 64.15 hectares work out to about 1.2 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 1280.

Getting to Badinu

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

Badinu lies about 18 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 20 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 Badinu
Tehsil headquarters Dhoomakot 18 km
District headquarters Garhwal 18 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 19 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 20 km

Villages closest to Badinu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badinu village had a population of 79. That makes it the 190th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Badinu village has 31 males and 48 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badinu has about 1548 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Badinu is 246279. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badinu covers 64.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badinu falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Badinu is Kotdwara, about 20 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 Badinu.

Badinu is about 18 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badinu is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 18 km away. Garhwal is about 18 km away. Kotdwāra 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 Khutida Bichla (1.5 km), Khutida Malla (1.5 km) and Khutida Talla (1.5 km).

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

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