About Babhandewa Village

Babhandewa is a large village in Dobhi tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,016, made up of 1,508 males and 1,508 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 400 hectares hectares.

Babhandewa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babhandewa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Gaya
Tehsil	Dobhi
Area (hectares)	400 hectares
Population	3,016
Male Population	1,508
Female Population	1,508
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Babhandewa compares

By the 2011 count Babhandewa is the 10th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents. Its 400 hectares work out to about 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Babhandewa

Babhandewa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Babhandewa as Available within 5 - 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 Babhandewa from other places

Babhandewa lies about 36 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Tankuppa, about 32 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 Babhandewa
Tehsil headquarters	Dobhi	5.2 km
Nearest town	Sherghāti	15 km
Nearest railway station	Tankuppa	32 km
District headquarters	Gaya	36 km

Villages closest to Babhandewa

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

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Common questions about Babhandewa

As per the Census of India 2011, Babhandewa village had a population of 3,016. That makes it the 10th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,325 residents.

Babhandewa village has 1,508 males and 1,508 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babhandewa has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 971.

Babhandewa covers 400 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 7.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Babhandewa falls under Dobhi tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Babhandewa is Tankuppa, about 32 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Babhandewa.

Babhandewa is about 36 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babhandewa is in Dobhi tehsil of Gaya district. Dobhi is about 5.2 km away. Sherghāti is about 15 km away. Tankuppa is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.