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Jharkhand Minister inaugurates cafe, dedicating it to "symbol of hard work, skills, self-reliance of rural women"
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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Babhne is a village in Pratappur mandal, Chatra district, Jharkhand, with a population of 2,078 across 377 households. The village has a literacy rate of 53.1% and is situated at 24.296°N, 84.631°E under PIN code 825404.
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Sangita devi
Contact: 72****6349
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- LGD code
- 348389
- Pincode
- 825404
- Post office
- Pratappur (Chatra)
- Population
- 2,078
- Households
- 377
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Sex ratio
- 921 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 526
- Distance to district centre
- 154 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 106 km
- Distance to Ranchi
- 126 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 426 km
- Nearest railway station
- Shivpur · 54 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Government Hospital,Pratabpura · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Babhne compares
By population, Babhne ranks #10 of 176 villages in Pratappur mandal.
Literacy rate
%
53.1%
+10.5% vs mandal average
- Babhne
- 53.1%
- Pratappur mandal
- 42.6%
- Chatra district
- 48.9%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
921
−25 vs mandal average
- Babhne
- 921
- Pratappur mandal
- 946
Household size
people per home
5.5
−0.2 vs mandal average
- Babhne
- 5.5
- Pratappur mandal
- 5.7
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Babhne at a glance
Babhne is a village of 2,078 people in 377 households (Census 2011) in Pratappur block, Chatra district, Jharkhand, the 10th-largest of 176 villages in Pratappur block. Literacy is 53%, 11 points above the block average of 43% and the sex ratio is 921 women per 1,000 men. It lies 154 km from the Chatra district centre, 45 km from Deo, the nearest town, 54 km from Shivpur railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 825404, served by Pratappur (Chatra) post office; the LGD village code is 348389. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital,Pratabpura, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Sangita devi, and the village votes in Barkatha assembly constituency, represented by MLA Amit Kumar Yadav. The population is estimated at 2,450 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Babhne
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- No
- Electricity for homes
- No
- Electricity for farms
- No
- Power hours (summer)
- 0
- Power hours (winter)
- 0
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 1
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 0
- Health sub-centre
- 0
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 0
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- No
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- No
- Cooperative bank
- No
- ATM
- No
- Public bus service
- No
- Private bus service
- No
- Railway station
- No
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- No
- Weekly haat
- No
- Nearest statutory town
- CHATRA
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 35
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 35
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 35
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- BABHNE
- Total area (ha)
- 76
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 0
- Forest area (ha)
- 58.27
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Babhne
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
Key facts — Babhne
- LGD code
- 348389
- Pincode
- 825404
- Post office
- Pratappur (Chatra)
- Population (Census 2011)
- 2,078
- Population (projected 2026)
- 2,450
- Households
- 377
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 921
- Literacy rate
- 53.1%
- Coordinates
- 24.29585°N, 84.63135°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Kodarma
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Barkatha
- Member of Parliament
- Annpurna Devi
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Amit Kumar Yadav
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- Sangita devi
- Block / Mandal
- Pratappur
Getting there
How to reach Babhne
Distance to cities · straight line
- Ranchi126 kmcapital
- Kolkata426 km
- Delhi881 km
- Hyderabad999 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Railway stationShivpur54 km
- Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital,Pratabpura<1 km
- CollegeIndian Institute of Management (IIM) Bodhgaya Main Gate54 km
- Police stationSSB camp38 km
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)