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About Babhangawan Village

Babhangawan is a mid sized village in Sohawal tehsil, in the district of Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,677, made up of 868 males and 809 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 93.4 hectares hectares.

Babhangawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babhangawan village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Faizabad
Tehsil Sohawal
Area (hectares) 93.4 hectares
Population 1,677
Male Population 868
Female Population 809
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Babhangawan compares

By the 2011 count Babhangawan is the 85th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,518 residents. Its 93.4 hectares work out to about 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

Getting to Babhangawan

Babhangawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Babhangawan as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Babhangawan from other places

Babhangawan lies about 12 km from Faizabad, and the nearest railway station is Masodha, about 3.7 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 Babhangawan
Nearest railway station Masodha 3.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Sohawal 12 km
District headquarters Faizabad 12 km
Nearest town Fyzābād 12 km

Villages closest to Babhangawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babhangawan village had a population of 1,677. That makes it the 85th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,518 residents.

Babhangawan village has 868 males and 809 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babhangawan has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 966.

Babhangawan covers 93.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 18 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Babhangawan falls under Sohawal tehsil of Faizabad district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Babhangawan is Masodha, about 3.7 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 5 - 10 km distance for Babhangawan.

Babhangawan is about 12 km from Faizabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babhangawan is in Sohawal tehsil of Faizabad district. Masodha is about 3.7 km away. Sohawal is about 12 km away. Faizabad is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Antpur (under 2 km), Chandpur Kail (under 2 km) and Barwa (2.0 km).

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

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