About Babania Village

Babania is a mid sized village in Gidderbaha tehsil, in the district of Muktsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,501, made up of 779 males and 722 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 927 females per 1000 males. The village covers 545 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 152101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babania Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babania village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Muktsar
Tehsil	Gidderbaha
Pincode	152101
Area (hectares)	545 hectares
Population	1,501
Male Population	779
Female Population	722
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	927
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Babania compares

By the 2011 count Babania is the 42nd largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,778 residents. Its 545 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Babania

Babania is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Babania 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Babania from other places

Babania lies about 28 km from Muktsar, and the nearest railway station is Faqarsar, about 5.2 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 Babania
Nearest railway station	Faqarsar	5.2 km
Nearest town	Giddarbāha	7.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gidderbaha	28 km
District headquarters	Muktsar	28 km

Villages closest to Babania

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babania village had a population of 1,501. That makes it the 42nd largest of the 47 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,778 residents.

Babania village has 779 males and 722 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babania has about 927 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

The pincode recorded for Babania is 152101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babania covers 545 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Babania falls under Gidderbaha tehsil of Muktsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Babania is Faqarsar, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 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 Babania.

Babania is about 28 km from Muktsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babania is in Gidderbaha tehsil of Muktsar district. Faqarsar is about 5.2 km away. Giddarbāha is about 7.6 km away. Gidderbaha is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.