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About Babura Village

Babura is a large village in Jakhania tehsil, in the district of Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,117, made up of 1,089 males and 1,028 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 402.8 hectares hectares.

Babura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babura village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Ghazipur
Tehsil Jakhania
Area (hectares) 402.8 hectares
Population 2,117
Male Population 1,089
Female Population 1,028
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 944
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Babura compares

By the 2011 count Babura is the 66th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents. Its 402.8 hectares work out to about 5.3 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 1007.

Getting to Babura

The census records public bus service for Babura as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Babura from other places

Babura lies about 122 km from Ghazipur, and the nearest railway station is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 3.6 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 Babura
Nearest railway station Sri Krishna Nagar 3.6 km
Nearest town Machhlīshahr 24 km
Tehsil headquarters Jakhania 29 km
District headquarters Ghazipur 122 km

Villages closest to Babura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babura village had a population of 2,117. That makes it the 66th largest of the 481 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,081 residents.

Babura village has 1,089 males and 1,028 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babura has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1007.

Babura covers 402.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Babura falls under Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Babura is Sri Krishna Nagar, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Babura.

Babura is about 122 km from Ghazipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babura is in Jakhania tehsil of Ghazipur district. Sri Krishna Nagar is about 3.6 km away. Machhlīshahr is about 24 km away. Jakhania is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bahera (2.3 km), Darhwal (3.7 km) and Nasirulahpur (5.5 km).

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

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