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About Badhani Village

Badhani is a small village in Jakholi tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 424, made up of 183 males and 241 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,317 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badhani village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Rudraprayag
Tehsil Jakholi
Pincode 246141
Area (hectares) 56.4 hectares
Population 424
Male Population 183
Female Population 241
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,317
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 compares

By the 2011 count Badhani is the 57th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 464 residents. Its 56.4 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1247.

Getting to Badhani

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

Badhani lies about 80 km from Rudraprayag, 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
Tehsil headquarters Jakholi 3.5 km
Nearest town Almora 25 km
Nearest railway station Ramnagar 42 km
District headquarters Rudraprayag 80 km

Villages closest to Badhani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badhani village had a population of 424. That makes it the 57th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 464 residents.

Badhani village has 183 males and 241 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badhani has about 1317 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1247.

The pincode recorded for Badhani is 246141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badhani covers 56.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Badhani falls under Jakholi tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Badhani 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.

Badhani is about 80 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badhani is in Jakholi tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Jakholi is about 3.5 km away. Almora is about 25 km away. Ramnagar is about 42 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhariyaj (1.6 km), Dhariyana (1.6 km) and Rayari (1.9 km).

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

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