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About Babatail Village

Babatail is a mid sized village in Tapan tehsil, in the district of Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,590, made up of 799 males and 791 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 990 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278.65 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 733124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Babatail Overview

Census 2011 figures for Babatail village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Dakshin Dinajpur
Tehsil Tapan
Pincode 733124
Area (hectares) 278.65 hectares
Population 1,590
Male Population 799
Female Population 791
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 990
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Babatail compares

By the 2011 count Babatail is the 36th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 924 residents. Its 278.65 hectares work out to about 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Babatail

Babatail is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Babatail 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Babatail from other places

Babatail lies about 156 km from Dakshin Dinajpur, and the nearest railway station is Karnasubarna, about 19 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 Babatail
Nearest town Kāndi 14 km
Nearest railway station Karnasubarna 19 km
Tehsil headquarters Tapan 22 km
District headquarters Dakshin Dinajpur 156 km

Villages closest to Babatail

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Babatail village had a population of 1,590. That makes it the 36th largest of the 271 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 924 residents.

Babatail village has 799 males and 791 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Babatail has about 990 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Babatail is 733124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Babatail covers 278.65 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Babatail falls under Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Babatail is Karnasubarna, about 19 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 <5 km distance for Babatail.

Babatail is about 156 km from Dakshin Dinajpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Babatail is in Tapan tehsil of Dakshin Dinajpur district. Kāndi is about 14 km away. Karnasubarna is about 19 km away. Tapan is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Anatair (under 2 km), Kasba Batair (under 2 km) and Akha Nagar (1.9 km).

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

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