About Babupur Village

Babupur is a small village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 214, made up of 100 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,140 females per 1000 males. The village covers 255.45 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babupur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babupur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	255.45 hectares
Population	214
Male Population	100
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,140
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Babupur compares

By the 2011 count Babupur is the 81st largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 255.45 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Babupur

Babupur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Babupur as Available within 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 Babupur from other places

Babupur lies about 57 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Banshlai Bridge, about 11 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 Babupur
Nearest railway station	Banshlai Bridge	11 km
Nearest town	Pakur	19 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	57 km

Villages closest to Babupur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babupur village had a population of 214. That makes it the 81st largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Babupur village has 100 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babupur has about 1140 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Babupur is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babupur covers 255.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Babupur falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Babupur is Banshlai Bridge, about 11 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Babupur.

Babupur is about 57 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babupur is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Banshlai Bridge is about 11 km away. Pakur is about 19 km away. Gopikandar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.