About Babhani Village

Babhani is a mid sized village in Saraiyahat tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 890, made up of 460 males and 430 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 266 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814151, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babhani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babhani village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Saraiyahat
Pincode	814151
Area (hectares)	266 hectares
Population	890
Male Population	460
Female Population	430
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	935
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 Babhani compares

By the 2011 count Babhani is the 40th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 554 residents. Its 266 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Babhani

Babhani is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Babhani 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. The nearest villages by name are Arazi Kachua, Arazi Sugi, Asikhanddha and Aswari. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 890. That makes it the 40th largest of the 262 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 554 residents.

Babhani village has 460 males and 430 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babhani has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Babhani is 814151. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babhani covers 266 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Babhani falls under Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The census record for Babhani notes the nearest railway station 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 Babhani.

Babhani is in Saraiyahat tehsil of Dumka district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.