About Badkholu Village

Badkholu is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 420, made up of 192 males and 228 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,188 females per 1000 males. The village covers 320.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246172, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badkholu Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badkholu village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Pauri
Pincode	246172
Area (hectares)	320.43 hectares
Population	420
Male Population	192
Female Population	228
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,188
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Badkholu compares

By the 2011 count Badkholu is the 36th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 320.43 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Badkholu

Badkholu is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Badkholu as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Badkholu from other places

Badkholu lies about 18 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 28 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 Badkholu
District headquarters	Garhwal	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Pauri	24 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	28 km

Villages closest to Badkholu

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badkholu village had a population of 420. That makes it the 36th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Badkholu village has 192 males and 228 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badkholu has about 1188 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Badkholu is 246172. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badkholu covers 320.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Badkholu falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Badkholu is Kotdwara, about 28 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Badkholu.

Badkholu 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.

Badkholu is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 18 km away. Pauri is about 24 km away. Kotdwara is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.