About Babhangawan Village

Babhangawan is a mid sized village in Kadwa tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 537, made up of 278 males and 259 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 138 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 855105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babhangawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babhangawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Katihar
Tehsil	Kadwa
Pincode	855105
Area (hectares)	138 hectares
Population	537
Male Population	278
Female Population	259
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	932
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Babhangawan compares

By the 2011 count Babhangawan is the 133rd largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents. Its 138 hectares work out to about 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

Getting to Babhangawan

Babhangawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Babhangawan 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Babhangawan from other places

Babhangawan lies about 58 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Kusiargaon, about 6.3 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 Babhangawan
Nearest railway station	Kusiargaon	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kadwa	13 km
Nearest town	Arāria	15 km
District headquarters	Katihar	58 km

Villages closest to Babhangawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babhangawan village had a population of 537. That makes it the 133rd largest of the 205 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,532 residents.

Babhangawan village has 278 males and 259 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babhangawan has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 921.

The pincode recorded for Babhangawan is 855105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babhangawan covers 138 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Babhangawan falls under Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Babhangawan is Kusiargaon, about 6.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Babhangawan.

Babhangawan is about 58 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babhangawan is in Kadwa tehsil of Katihar district. Kusiargaon is about 6.3 km away. Kadwa is about 13 km away. Arāria is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.