About Babhani Village

Babhani is a mid sized village in Wadrafnagar tehsil, in the district of Surguja, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,098, made up of 571 males and 527 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 923 females per 1000 males. The village covers 626.46 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 497225, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babhani village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Surguja
Tehsil	Wadrafnagar
Pincode	497225
Area (hectares)	626.46 hectares
Population	1,098
Male Population	571
Female Population	527
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	923
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Babhani compares

By the 2011 count Babhani is the 57th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents. Its 626.46 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Babhani

Babhani is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Babhani as Available. 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 Babhani from other places

Babhani lies about 101 km from Surguja, and the nearest railway station is Jharokhas, about 20 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 Babhani
Nearest railway station	Jharokhas	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Wadrafnagar	29 km
Nearest town	Renukūt	31 km
District headquarters	Surguja	101 km

Villages closest to Babhani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babhani village had a population of 1,098. That makes it the 57th largest of the 116 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,295 residents.

Babhani village has 571 males and 527 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babhani has about 923 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 969.

The pincode recorded for Babhani is 497225. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babhani covers 626.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Babhani falls under Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Babhani is Jharokhas, about 20 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 and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Babhani.

Babhani is about 101 km from Surguja in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babhani is in Wadrafnagar tehsil of Surguja district. Jharokhas is about 20 km away. Wadrafnagar is about 29 km away. Renukūt is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.