Badhann is a small village in Bhikiyasain tehsil of Almora district, Uttarakhand. The village comes under Bhikiyasain development block and is part of Bajan Gram Panchayat. Its postal PIN code is 263646.
Badhann is part of the rural settlement network around Bhikiyasain. The village is closely connected with Bajan and other nearby settlements, which are important for everyday services and movement in the area. Bajan Gram Panchayat records currently list Badhann and Bajan among the villages under the panchayat.
For a small village like Badhann, its identity is not limited to administrative boundaries. The surrounding villages, local roads, farming areas and nearby service centres all form part of everyday life here.
Badhann has the character of a rural hill settlement rather than a large market centre. People living in villages in this part of Almora generally depend on nearby settlements for many services that may not be available within the village itself.
Bajan is one of the most important settlements in the vicinity. The existing records of Bajan show that colleges and village panchayat offices serve the surrounding area, making it quite an important factor for the residents of the surrounding villages.
Agriculture and rural land use are also part of the wider landscape. A 2026 government watershed record for Badhann lists several parcels, including forest land, cultivable wasteland and rainfed agricultural land. One recorded private parcel is classified as rainfed and contains a double-crop entry. These are individual land records, however, and should not be treated as a description of every field in Badhann.
The village is listed among the rural settlements of Bhikiyasain tehsil and is associated with Bajan Gram Panchayat.
Available village lists show that Badhan is about 11 km from Bhikiyasain and 124 km from Almora. These numbers are useful for general orientation, but the actual path distance may vary from route to route.
The surrounding area has a mix of agricultural and forest land. Government watershed records from 2026 show that land parcels in Badhann include forest land, cultivable wasteland and rainfed agricultural land.
This gives us a useful starting point for understanding the land around the village, but there is not enough evidence to make a broad statement about the crops grown by every household.
Badhann is connected to the wider Bajan area for local services. Current records for Bajan Gram Panchayat list two schools: a primary school and Janta I.C. Bajan, which provides education at higher levels. The same records show that Badhann is one of the villages under the panchayat.
This makes Bajan an important nearby service point for the surrounding rural settlements.
For healthcare, banking, transport and other facilities, current names and locations should be checked separately before adding them to the village page. Older village databases often give distance categories that may no longer reflect the facilities residents actually use today.
Badhann sits within a group of villages around Bhikiyasain. Nearby settlements listed in village records include Bajan, Naula, Simtoli, Inda, Bilara, Rikhari Dhorituri, Nail, Rikhari Negi, Jhar Kote, Kharkuli, Batula and Khururhi.
These neighbouring villages can become useful links on Chalopahad once their individual pages are published. Someone reading about Badhann will then be able to move naturally between nearby village pages.
Badhan is one of the small settlements forming the agricultural confusion of Almora district. Its association with the Bajan Gram Panchayat and the surrounding villages gives it a sphere within the wider local community.
What available information does not tell us is part of village life, it is often most interesting to the reader: how old the settlement is, how families have lived there for generations, what crops are important, what neighborhood festivals are celebrated, or how the village has changed with migration and better road connections.
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Information |
Details |
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Village |
Badhann |
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Tehsil |
Bhikiyasain |
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Block |
Bhikiyasain |
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District |
Almora |
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State |
Uttarakhand |
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Gram Panchayat |
Bajan |
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PIN Code |
263646 |
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