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About Babowal Village

Babowal is a large village in Amritsar I tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,099, made up of 1,111 males and 988 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 889 females per 1000 males. The village covers 404 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babowal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babowal village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Amritsar
Tehsil Amritsar I
Pincode 143119
Area (hectares) 404 hectares
Population 2,099
Male Population 1,111
Female Population 988
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 889
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Babowal compares

By the 2011 count Babowal is the 40th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents. Its 404 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

Getting to Babowal

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

Babowal lies about 24 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is Jaintipura, about 7.0 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 Babowal
Nearest railway station Jaintipura 7.0 km
Nearest town Batāla 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Amritsar I 24 km
District headquarters Amritsar 24 km

Villages closest to Babowal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Amritsar I 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 Babowal

As per the Census of India 2011, Babowal village had a population of 2,099. That makes it the 40th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,827 residents.

Babowal village has 1,111 males and 988 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babowal has about 889 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 910.

The pincode recorded for Babowal is 143119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babowal covers 404 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Babowal falls under Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Babowal is Jaintipura, about 7.0 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Babowal.

Babowal is about 24 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babowal is in Amritsar I tehsil of Amritsar district. Jaintipura is about 7.0 km away. Batāla is about 14 km away. Amritsar I is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Darike (under 2 km), Fattu Bhila (1.8 km) and Kairon Nangal (3.2 km).

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

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