Badal, Punjab

Badal is a village situated in the Lambi tehsil of the Sri Muktsar Sahib district in Punjab, India.

Badal
Village
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Coordinates: 30.0761°N 74.6664°E / 30.0761; 74.6664
Country	India
State	Punjab
Region of Punjab	Malwa
District	Sri Muktsar Sahib
Tehsil	Lambi
Government
• Type	Panchayat Raj
• Body	Gram Panchayat
Area
• Village	14.95 km2 (5.77 sq mi)
Population  (2011)
• Village	3,473
• Village density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Languages
• Official	Punjabi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	152113
Area code	01637244
Vehicle registration	PB 30
Literacy	67.49%
Website	muktsar.nic.in

Geography

Village Badal is situated at 59 km South from Sri Muktsar Sahib (District Headquarters), 8 km from Lambi (Sub-division/Tehsil headquarters) and 265 km from Chandigarh (State Capital). It is also 16 km from nearest city gidderbaha & 33 km from Bathinda City and 17 km from Mandi Dabwali, Haryana, India. Village Badal lies mere 17 km North of border with Haryana State of India and 25 km East of Rajasthan State of India.

Demographics

According to the 2011 Census of India, Badal had 686 households comprising a population of 3473, of which 1863 were males and 1610 were females. There were 412 children aged 0–6 and the Average Sex Ratio was 864. The literacy rate was 67.49%, with male literacy standing at 74.52% and that for females being literacy rate was 59.26%.^{[citation needed]}

Education

Colleges

• State Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Sciences^[1]

State Institute of Nursing and Paramedical Sciences

• Baba Hira Das Ji Ayurvedic Medical College and Hospital^[2]
• Dasmesh Girls College^[3]
• Dasmesh Girls College of Education^[4]

Schools

• Mata Jaswant Kaur Memorial School, Badal
• Dasmesh Girls Senior Secondary School, Badal (Only Girls (Boys up to 5th standard)^[5]