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About Rakte Village

Rakte is a small village in Koloriang tehsil, in the district of Kurung Kumey, Arunachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13, made up of 5 males and 8 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,600 females per 1000 males.

Rakte Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakte village
Description Value
State Arunachal Pradesh
District Kurung Kumey
Tehsil Koloriang
Population 13
Male Population 5
Female Population 8
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,600
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakte compares

By the 2011 count Rakte is the 62nd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 77 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Getting to Rakte

Rakte is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rakte as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Rakte from other places

Rakte lies about 13 km from Kurung Kumey, and the nearest railway station is Naharlagun, about 99 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 Rakte
Tehsil headquarters Koloriang 9.2 km
District headquarters Kurung Kumey 13 km
Nearest railway station Naharlagun 99 km
Nearest town Itanagar 99 km

Villages closest to Rakte

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakte village had a population of 13. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 66 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 77 residents.

Rakte village has 5 males and 8 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakte has about 1600 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1031.

Rakte falls under Koloriang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district in Arunachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rakte is Naharlagun, about 99 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available for Rakte.

Rakte is about 13 km from Kurung Kumey in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakte is in Koloriang tehsil of Kurung Kumey district. Koloriang is about 9.2 km away. Kurung Kumey is about 13 km away. Naharlagun is about 99 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Digging (2.0 km), Fua (2.0 km) and Buyang (2.8 km).

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

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