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About Babai Village

Babai is a mid sized village in Goregaon tehsil, in the district of Gondiya, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,362, made up of 676 males and 686 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,015 females per 1000 males. The village covers 414.21 hectares hectares.

Babai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babai village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Gondiya
Tehsil Goregaon
Area (hectares) 414.21 hectares
Population 1,362
Male Population 676
Female Population 686
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,015
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Babai compares

By the 2011 count Babai is the 38th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents. Its 414.21 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Getting to Babai

Babai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Babai as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Babai from other places

Babai lies about 18 km from Gondiya, and the nearest railway station is Hirdamali, about 6.5 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 Babai
Tehsil headquarters Goregaon 6.0 km
Nearest railway station Hirdamali 6.5 km
District headquarters Gondiya 18 km
Nearest town Gondiā 18 km

Villages closest to Babai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babai village had a population of 1,362. That makes it the 38th largest of the 93 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,338 residents.

Babai village has 676 males and 686 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babai has about 1015 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1009.

Babai covers 414.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Babai falls under Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Babai is Hirdamali, about 6.5 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Babai.

Babai is about 18 km from Gondiya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babai is in Goregaon tehsil of Gondiya district. Goregaon is about 6.0 km away. Hirdamali is about 6.5 km away. Gondiya is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Chilhati (1.9 km), Kamargaon (1.9 km) and Kawaditola (2.0 km).

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

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