About Babhandiha Village

Babhandiha is a small village in Dumri tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 135, made up of 71 males and 64 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 901 females per 1000 males. The village covers 76.67 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825108, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babhandiha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babhandiha village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dumri
Pincode	825108
Area (hectares)	76.67 hectares
Population	135
Male Population	71
Female Population	64
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	901
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Babhandiha compares

By the 2011 count Babhandiha is the 152nd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents. Its 76.67 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 Babhandiha

Babhandiha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Babhandiha as Available within 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Babhandiha from other places

Babhandiha lies about 19 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Jitpur, about 15 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 Babhandiha
Nearest railway station	Jitpur	15 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dumri	18 km
District headquarters	Giridih	19 km

Villages closest to Babhandiha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babhandiha village had a population of 135. That makes it the 152nd largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,195 residents.

Babhandiha village has 71 males and 64 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babhandiha has about 901 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 Babhandiha is 825108. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babhandiha covers 76.67 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.

Babhandiha falls under Dumri tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Babhandiha is Jitpur, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance for Babhandiha.

Babhandiha is about 19 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babhandiha is in Dumri tehsil of Giridih district. Jitpur is about 15 km away. Dumri is about 18 km away. Giridih is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.