About Babhangawan Village

Babhangawan is a mid sized village in Dighwara tehsil, in the district of Saran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,921, made up of 991 males and 930 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 938 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.7 hectares hectares.

Babhangawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babhangawan village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Saran
Tehsil	Dighwara
Area (hectares)	277.7 hectares
Population	1,921
Male Population	991
Female Population	930
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	938
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Babhangawan compares

By the 2011 count Babhangawan is the 17th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,901 residents. Its 277.7 hectares work out to about 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 919.

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 5 - 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 67 km from Saran, and the nearest railway station is Sonpur Junction, about under 2 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	Sonpur Junction	under 2 km
Nearest town	Sonepur	under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dighwara	16 km
District headquarters	Saran	67 km

Villages closest to Babhangawan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dighwara 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 1,921. That makes it the 17th largest of the 32 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,901 residents.

Babhangawan village has 991 males and 930 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babhangawan has about 938 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 919.

Babhangawan covers 277.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Babhangawan falls under Dighwara tehsil of Saran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Babhangawan is Sonpur Junction, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Babhangawan.

Babhangawan is about 67 km from Saran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babhangawan is in Dighwara tehsil of Saran district. Sonpur Junction is about under 2 km away. Sonepur is about under 2 km away. Dighwara is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.