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About Dakshin Babnan Village

Dakshin Babnan is a small village in Polba Dadpur tehsil, in the district of Hugli, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 91, made up of 51 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 784 females per 1000 males. The village covers 45.1 hectares hectares.

Dakshin Babnan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Dakshin Babnan village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Hugli
Tehsil Polba Dadpur
Area (hectares) 45.1 hectares
Population 91
Male Population 51
Female Population 40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 784
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 Dakshin Babnan compares

By the 2011 count Dakshin Babnan is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents. Its 45.1 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Dakshin Babnan

The census records public bus service for Dakshin Babnan 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 Dakshin Babnan from other places

Dakshin Babnan lies about 19 km from Hugli, and the nearest railway station is Chandanpur, about 4.4 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 Dakshin Babnan
Nearest railway station Chandanpur 4.4 km
Nearest town Bhadreswar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Polba Dadpur 19 km
District headquarters Hugli 19 km

Villages closest to Dakshin Babnan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Polba Dadpur 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 Dakshin Babnan

As per the Census of India 2011, Dakshin Babnan village had a population of 91. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,366 residents.

Dakshin Babnan village has 51 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Dakshin Babnan has about 784 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 969.

Dakshin Babnan covers 45.1 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Dakshin Babnan falls under Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Dakshin Babnan is Chandanpur, about 4.4 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 Dakshin Babnan.

Dakshin Babnan is about 19 km from Hugli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Dakshin Babnan is in Polba Dadpur tehsil of Hugli district. Chandanpur is about 4.4 km away. Bhadreswar is about 16 km away. Polba Dadpur is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Uttarbabnan (under 2 km), Beta (3.0 km) and Komdhara (3.3 km).

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

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