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About Badon Village

Badon is a small village in Devprayag tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 365, made up of 176 males and 189 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,074 females per 1000 males. The village covers 83.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249161, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Devprayag
Pincode 249161
Area (hectares) 83.06 hectares
Population 365
Male Population 176
Female Population 189
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,074
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 Badon compares

By the 2011 count Badon is the 68th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 246 residents. Its 83.06 hectares work out to about 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

Getting to Badon

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

Badon lies about 28 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Badon
Nearest town Srīnagar 7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Devprayag 28 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 28 km
Nearest railway station Rishikesh 47 km

Villages closest to Badon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badon village had a population of 365. That makes it the 68th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 246 residents.

Badon village has 176 males and 189 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badon has about 1074 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1228.

The pincode recorded for Badon is 249161. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badon covers 83.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badon falls under Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Badon is Rishikesh, about 47 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 Badon.

Badon is about 28 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badon is in Devprayag tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Srīnagar is about 7.6 km away. Devprayag is about 28 km away. Tehri Garhwal is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dyuli (under 2 km), Gahar (1.5 km) and Musana Gaon (1.7 km).

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

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