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About Babalyani Village

Babalyani is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 10, made up of 5 males and 5 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246170, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babalyani Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babalyani village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246170
Area (hectares) 20.38 hectares
Population 10
Male Population 5
Female Population 5
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Babalyani compares

By the 2011 count Babalyani is the 440th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 20.38 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

Getting to Babalyani

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

Babalyani lies about 28 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 34 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 Babalyani
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 25 km
District headquarters Garhwal 28 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 34 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 34 km

Villages closest to Babalyani

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babalyani village had a population of 10. That makes it the 440th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Babalyani village has 5 males and 5 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babalyani has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Babalyani is 246170. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babalyani covers 20.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Babalyani falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Babalyani is Kotdwara, about 34 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 village for Babalyani.

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

Babalyani is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Lansdowne is about 25 km away. Garhwal is about 28 km away. Kotdwara is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dham Dhar (under 2 km), Chabolia (under 2 km) and Jhart (under 2 km).

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

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