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About Badon Gaon Village

Badon Gaon is a small village in Ghansali tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 301, made up of 162 males and 139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 62.55 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249181, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badon Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badon Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil Ghansali
Pincode 249181
Area (hectares) 62.55 hectares
Population 301
Male Population 162
Female Population 139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Badon Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Badon Gaon is the 159th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 420 residents. Its 62.55 hectares work out to about 4.8 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 1240.

Getting to Badon Gaon

Badon Gaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Badon Gaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Gaon from other places

Badon Gaon lies about 74 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Gaon
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 23 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Ghansali 31 km
District headquarters Tehri Garhwal 74 km

Villages closest to Badon Gaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badon Gaon village had a population of 301. That makes it the 159th largest of the 277 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 420 residents.

Badon Gaon village has 162 males and 139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badon Gaon has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1240.

The pincode recorded for Badon Gaon is 249181. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badon Gaon covers 62.55 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badon Gaon falls under Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Badon Gaon is Kotdwara, about 23 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Badon Gaon.

Badon Gaon is about 74 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 Gaon is in Ghansali tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Kotdwara is about 23 km away. Kotdwāra is about 23 km away. Ghansali is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chadoli (3.2 km), Chandla (3.2 km) and Gangi (3.3 km).

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

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