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About Badol Gaon Village

Badol Gaon is a small village in Dhoomakot tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 160, made up of 68 males and 92 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,353 females per 1000 males. The village covers 78.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246277, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badol Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badol Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Dhoomakot
Pincode 246277
Area (hectares) 78.92 hectares
Population 160
Male Population 68
Female Population 92
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,353
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 Badol Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Badol Gaon is the 88th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 119 residents. Its 78.92 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1280.

Getting to Badol Gaon

Badol Gaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Badol Gaon 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 Badol Gaon from other places

Badol Gaon lies about 26 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Badol Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Dhoomakot 26 km
District headquarters Garhwal 26 km
Nearest town Pauri 35 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 36 km

Villages closest to Badol Gaon

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 Badol Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Badol Gaon village had a population of 160. That makes it the 88th largest of the 329 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 119 residents.

Badol Gaon village has 68 males and 92 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badol Gaon has about 1353 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1280.

The pincode recorded for Badol Gaon is 246277. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badol Gaon covers 78.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badol Gaon falls under Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Badol Gaon is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Badol Gaon.

Badol Gaon is about 26 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badol Gaon is in Dhoomakot tehsil of Garhwal district. Dhoomakot is about 26 km away. Garhwal is about 26 km away. Pauri is about 35 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gola Talla (2.5 km), Chinwadi (4.5 km) and Charpani (5.3 km).

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

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