About Rakhapara Village

Rakhapara is a mid sized village in Balijana tehsil, in the district of Goalpara, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 739, made up of 352 males and 387 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,099 females per 1000 males. The village covers 275.88 hectares hectares.

Rakhapara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakhapara village
Description	Value
State	Assam
District	Goalpara
Tehsil	Balijana
Area (hectares)	275.88 hectares
Population	739
Male Population	352
Female Population	387
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,099
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakhapara compares

By the 2011 count Rakhapara is the 87th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 950 residents. Its 275.88 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Rakhapara

Rakhapara is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rakhapara as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Rakhapara from other places

Rakhapara lies about 14 km from Goalpara, and the nearest railway station is Pancharatna, about 8.2 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 Rakhapara
Nearest railway station	Pancharatna	8.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Balijana	14 km
District headquarters	Goalpara	14 km
Nearest town	Goālpāra	14 km

Villages closest to Rakhapara

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

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Common questions about Rakhapara

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakhapara village had a population of 739. That makes it the 87th largest of the 214 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 950 residents.

Rakhapara village has 352 males and 387 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakhapara has about 1099 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Rakhapara covers 275.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakhapara falls under Balijana tehsil of Goalpara district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Rakhapara is Pancharatna, about 8.2 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rakhapara.

Rakhapara is about 14 km from Goalpara in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakhapara is in Balijana tehsil of Goalpara district. Pancharatna is about 8.2 km away. Balijana is about 14 km away. Goalpara is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.