Badal lahir pada 8 Desember 1927 di Abul Khurana, dekat [[Malout]]. Ia berasal dari keluarga [[Jat]] dari klan [[Dhillon]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120131/jsp/nation/story_15072665.jsp |location=Calcutta, India |work=The Telegraph |first=Archis |last=Mohan |title=Close race for Badal & rival |date=2012-01-31}}</ref> Nama ayahnya adalah Raghuraj Singh dan ibunya bernama Sundri Kaur.<ref>Bakshi, S.R. [http://books.google.ca/books?id=cyebnJdCFlEC&lpg=PP11''Parkash Singh Badal:Chief Minister of Punjab'']. APH Publishing Corporation, 1998, p. 11.</ref> Ia lulus dari [[Kolese Kristen Forman]] di [[Lahore]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gopal|first1=Navjeevan|title=Literate, under middle, ninth passed all in new cabinet|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/literate-under-middle-ninth-passed-all-in-new-cabinet/923771/|accessdate=2 Juni 2014|publisher=Indian Express|date=15 Mar 2012}}</ref>
