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About Badhani Gaon Village

Badhani Gaon is a small village in Betalghat tehsil, in the district of Nainital, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 45, made up of 24 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 13.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263134, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhani Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhani Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Nainital
Tehsil Betalghat
Pincode 263134
Area (hectares) 13.86 hectares
Population 45
Male Population 24
Female Population 21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 875
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 Badhani Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Badhani Gaon is the 60th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 313 residents. Its 13.86 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1076.

Getting to Badhani Gaon

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

Badhani Gaon lies about 30 km from Nainital, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 42 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 Badhani Gaon
Tehsil headquarters Betalghat 14 km
Nearest town Almora 25 km
District headquarters Nainital 30 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 42 km

Villages closest to Badhani Gaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhani Gaon village had a population of 45. That makes it the 60th largest of the 68 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 313 residents.

Badhani Gaon village has 24 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhani Gaon has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1076.

The pincode recorded for Badhani Gaon is 263134. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhani Gaon covers 13.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badhani Gaon falls under Betalghat tehsil of Nainital district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Badhani Gaon is Ramnagar, about 42 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 Badhani Gaon.

Badhani Gaon is about 30 km from Nainital in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhani Gaon is in Betalghat tehsil of Nainital district. Betalghat is about 14 km away. Almora is about 25 km away. Nainital is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Thapla (4.0 km), Paharkote (5.8 km) and Chuni Chak Adwari (8.3 km).

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

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