The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west.

The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven.

The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and "is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes."

[5][7][8] As per the 2011 Census of India, Habibpur had a total population of 2,576, of which 1,276 (50%) were males and 1,300 (50%) were females.

[9] Local roads passing through Kachu Pukur and Aiho link Habibpur to National Highway 12 (old number NH 34) at Malda.