About Babupur Village

Babupur is a mid sized village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,931, made up of 1,001 males and 930 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babupur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babupur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	343.4 hectares
Population	1,931
Male Population	1,001
Female Population	930
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Babupur compares

By the 2011 count Babupur is the 12th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 343.4 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

Getting to Babupur

Babupur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Babupur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 26 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 7.4 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	Lakshmipur Bhorang	7.4 km
Nearest town	Colgong	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	26 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	26 km

Villages closest to Babupur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barhait 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 1,931. That makes it the 12th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Babupur village has 1,001 males and 930 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babupur has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Babupur is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babupur covers 343.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Babupur falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Babupur is Lakshmipur Bhorang, about 7.4 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Babupur.

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

Babupur is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Lakshmipur Bhorang is about 7.4 km away. Colgong is about 16 km away. Barhait is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.