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Fix typo, "hhttps" → "https" - also some copy editing

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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}
{{Distinguish|Badopal}}
{{Infobox settlement 
| name = Badopal
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| settlement_type = Village
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| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Haryana, India
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| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Haryana]]
| subdivision_type2 = Administrative division
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| subdivision_type3 = District
| subdivision_name3 = [[Fatehabad district]]
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| population_as_of = 2011
| population = 8,833
| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Haryanvi language|Haryanvi]], [[Bagri language|Bagri]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 125048
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'''Badopal''' is a large village in Fatehabad [[tehsil]] of [[Fatehabad district]] of [[Haryana]] sate in [[North India]].<ref name=dab1>[http://www.haryana21.com/distt-villages/village.php?villageid=1049&village=Badopal Badopal village- Fatehabad, Haryana], haryana21.com.</ref> Located on [[National Highway 9 (India)|NH9]], it is {{cvt|14|km}} from [[Fatehabad, Haryana|Fatehabad]], {{cvt|13|km}} from [[Agroha (town)|Agroha]], {{cvt|36|km}} from [[Hisar (city)|Hisar]], {{cvt|200|km}} from national capital [[New Delhi]] and {{cvt|207|km}} from state capital [[Chandigarh]].

==Demographics==
According to [[2011 Census of India]], it has population of 8833, including 4635 males and 4198 females, with 68.37% literacy rate compared to Haryana state average of 75.55%, and 16.43% [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Schedule Caste]] (SC) and no Scheduled Tribes (ST).

==Wildlife==
{{see also | Khejarli massacre}}

Badopal has nearly 500 [[deer]], [[blackbuck]]s, [[bluebuck]]s (''nilgai'' in Hindi), and other wild animals who are protected and cared for by the resident [[Bishnoi]] people of the Badopal village.<ref name=bad2/>

When [[Gorakhpur Nuclear Power Plant]], {{cvt|10|km}} away, tried to build a township near Badopal on 185 acres of land and put barbed wire fencing around the site, it caused the death of several endangered wild animals after they got entangled in the fence.<ref name=bad2>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Nuclear-threat-to-Badopal-wildlife/articleshow/21113136.cms Nuclear threat to Badopal wildlife], Time of India, 2013.</ref> Eventually after the intervention of wildlife activists, Bishnoi community and the courts, the plan for township near Badopal was abandoned and site of building township relocated to Agroha and the site for building township near Badopal became available for the sustainment of wildlife.<ref name=bad4>[https://www.bhaskar.com/local/haryana/news/deer-live-in-200-acres-badopal-village-of-haryana-fatehabad-district-127539808.html रियाणा:ये कोई चिड़ियाघर नहीं बल्कि फतेहाबाद जिले का गांव है, जहां सैकड़ों हिरणों का बसेरा है], Dainik Bhaskar, July 2020.</ref><ref name=bad8>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/after-blackbuck-row-fatehabad-n-plant-to-shift-housing-project/articleshow/64802822.cms After blackbuck row, Fatehabad N-plant to shift housing project], Times of India, 30 June 2018.</ref>

Bishnoi community have created a group to look after the wildlife in this area.<ref name=bad4/> They got the barbed wire banned in the area, regularly deweed the site for allowing fodder for wildlife to grow, got rid off the threat of human poachers and stray dogs who attack and kill the wildlife, and have applied to [[National Green Tribunal Act]] to have the site declared a protected wildlife area.<ref name=bad4/> Consequently, due to the protection measures by the community, the number of deer and other wildlife has increased in the area.<ref name=bad4/>

==Issues==
Soil salinity, due to water logging, is making the farm land infertile causing economic difficulties for the farmers of the area.<ref name=bad10>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/soil-salinity-leaves-fatehabad-farmers-in-debt-183070 Soil salinity leaves Fatehabad farmers in debt], The Tribune, 14 Jan 2016.</ref><ref name=bad11>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/haryana/10-cultivable-land-going-waste-709724ash 10% cultivable land going wast], The Tribune, 7 Jan 2019.</ref>

==See also ==
* [[Agroha Mound]], ancient archaeological site nearby
* [[Forests Department, Haryana]]
* [[Rakhigarhi]], ancient archaeological site nearby
* [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Haryana]]
* [[List of national parks and wildlife sanctuaries of Haryana|Wildlife sanctuaries and national parks of Haryana]]
* [[List of State Protected Monuments in Haryana]]

== References ==

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[[Category:Villages in Fatehabad district]]

{{Haryana}}
{{Haryana-geo-stub}}

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