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About Butani Village

Butani is a large village in Safidon tehsil, in the district of Jind, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,292, made up of 1,799 males and 1,493 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 876 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 126112, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Butani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Butani village
Description Value
State Haryana
District Jind
Tehsil Safidon
Pincode 126112
Area (hectares) 876 hectares
Population 3,292
Male Population 1,799
Female Population 1,493
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 830
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Butani compares

By the 2011 count Butani is the 21st largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 3,047 residents. Its 876 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Butani

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

Butani lies about 26 km from Jind, and the nearest railway station is Budhakhera, about 4.8 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 Butani
Nearest railway station Budhakhera 4.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Safidon 11 km
District headquarters Jind 26 km

Villages closest to Butani

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

Common questions about Butani

As per the Census of India 2011, Butani village had a population of 3,292. That makes it the 21st largest of the 70 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,047 residents.

Butani village has 1,799 males and 1,493 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Butani has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 869.

The pincode recorded for Butani is 126112. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Butani covers 876 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Butani falls under Safidon tehsil of Jind district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Butani is Budhakhera, about 4.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Butani.

Butani is about 26 km from Jind in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Butani is in Safidon tehsil of Jind district. Budhakhera is about 4.8 km away. Safidon is about 11 km away. Jind is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ramnagar (2.3 km), Kalawati (2.5 km) and Hoshiarpura (2.9 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Butani today is likely to be higher.

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