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About Badune Village

Badune is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 91 males and 125 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,374 females per 1000 males. The village covers 98.91 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badune Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badune village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Yamkeshwar
Pincode 246121
Area (hectares) 98.91 hectares
Population 216
Male Population 91
Female Population 125
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,374
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 Badune compares

By the 2011 count Badune is the 56th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 98.91 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Badune

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

Badune lies about 20 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 21 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 Badune
Tehsil headquarters Yamkeshwar 7.3 km
District headquarters Garhwal 20 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 21 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 21 km

Villages closest to Badune

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badune village had a population of 216. That makes it the 56th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Badune village has 91 males and 125 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badune has about 1374 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Badune is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badune covers 98.91 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badune falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Badune is Kotdwara, about 21 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badune.

Badune is about 20 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badune is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 7.3 km away. Garhwal is about 20 km away. Kotdwāra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thanur (under 2 km), Kolsi (1.5 km) and Tuna (1.6 km).

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

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