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About Raqba Rampur Village

Raqba Rampur is a small village in Katiya tehsil, in the district of Gopalganj, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 12, made up of 5 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,400 females per 1000 males. The village covers 58 hectares hectares.

Raqba Rampur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raqba Rampur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gopalganj
Tehsil Katiya
Area (hectares) 58 hectares
Population 12
Male Population 5
Female Population 7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,400
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Raqba Rampur compares

By the 2011 count Raqba Rampur is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents. Its 58 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1114.

Getting to Raqba Rampur

Raqba Rampur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Raqba Rampur as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 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 Raqba Rampur from other places

Raqba Rampur lies about 24 km from Gopalganj, and the nearest railway station is Sher, about 9.8 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 Raqba Rampur
Nearest railway station Sher 9.8 km
Nearest town Barauli 11 km
Tehsil headquarters Katiya 24 km
District headquarters Gopalganj 24 km

Villages closest to Raqba Rampur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Katiya 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 Raqba Rampur

As per the Census of India 2011, Raqba Rampur village had a population of 12. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,104 residents.

Raqba Rampur village has 5 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raqba Rampur has about 1400 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1114.

Raqba Rampur covers 58 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Raqba Rampur falls under Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Raqba Rampur is Sher, about 9.8 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Raqba Rampur.

Raqba Rampur is about 24 km from Gopalganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raqba Rampur is in Katiya tehsil of Gopalganj district. Sher is about 9.8 km away. Barauli is about 11 km away. Katiya is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rampur (under 2 km), Rampur Kalan (under 2 km) and Majhaulia (under 2 km).

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

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