About Bad Gaon Village

Bad Gaon is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 179, made up of 81 males and 98 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,210 females per 1000 males. The village covers 206.92 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Bad Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Bad Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Lansdowne
Pincode	246155
Area (hectares)	206.92 hectares
Population	179
Male Population	81
Female Population	98
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,210
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Bad Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Bad Gaon is the 142nd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 206.92 hectares work out to about 0.9 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 1243.

Getting to Bad Gaon

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

Bad Gaon lies about 15 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Bad Gaon
Tehsil headquarters	Lansdowne	11 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	15 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	23 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	23 km

Villages closest to Bad Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lansdowne 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 Bad Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Bad Gaon village had a population of 179. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Bad Gaon village has 81 males and 98 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Bad Gaon has about 1210 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Bad Gaon is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Bad Gaon covers 206.92 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Bad Gaon falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Bad Gaon is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Bad Gaon.

Bad Gaon is about 15 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Bad Gaon is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 11 km away. Garhwal is about 15 km away. Kotdwara is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.