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About Babhni Village

Babhni is a mid sized village in Ichak tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,183, made up of 586 males and 597 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 746 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825402, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babhni Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babhni village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Ichak
Pincode 825402
Area (hectares) 746 hectares
Population 1,183
Male Population 586
Female Population 597
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
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 Babhni compares

By the 2011 count Babhni is the 35th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents. Its 746 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 951.

Getting to Babhni

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

Babhni lies about 27 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Padma, about 22 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 Babhni
Tehsil headquarters Ichak 15 km
Nearest railway station Padma 22 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 27 km
Nearest town Hazāribāgh 27 km

Villages closest to Babhni

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babhni village had a population of 1,183. That makes it the 35th largest of the 88 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,282 residents.

Babhni village has 586 males and 597 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babhni has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 951.

The pincode recorded for Babhni is 825402. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babhni covers 746 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Babhni falls under Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Babhni is Padma, about 22 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 Babhni.

Babhni is about 27 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babhni is in Ichak tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Ichak is about 15 km away. Padma is about 22 km away. Hazaribagh is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Karamtanr (under 2 km), Dighibasti (3.8 km) and Ujrahi Dighi (4.7 km).

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

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