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About Badsi Village

Badsi is a small village in Chiniyalisaur tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 415, made up of 184 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,255 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249196, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Badsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Badsi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Uttarkashi
Tehsil Chiniyalisaur
Pincode 249196
Area (hectares) 150.46 hectares
Population 415
Male Population 184
Female Population 231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,255
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 Badsi compares

By the 2011 count Badsi is the 41st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 489 residents. Its 150.46 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

Getting to Badsi

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

Badsi lies about 19 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, 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 Badsi
Tehsil headquarters Chiniyalisaur 19 km
District headquarters Uttarkashi 19 km
Nearest town Tehri 24 km
Nearest railway station Dehradun 42 km

Villages closest to Badsi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Badsi village had a population of 415. That makes it the 41st largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 489 residents.

Badsi village has 184 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Badsi has about 1255 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1036.

The pincode recorded for Badsi is 249196. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Badsi covers 150.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Badsi falls under Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Badsi is Dehradun, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Badsi.

Badsi is about 19 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Badsi is in Chiniyalisaur tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Chiniyalisaur is about 19 km away. Uttarkashi is about 19 km away. Tehri is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gailari (under 2 km), Kandi (2.0 km) and Tulyara (2.1 km).

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

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