About Rakasia Village

Rakasia is a mid sized village in Sasaram tehsil, in the district of Rohtas, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,867, made up of 999 males and 868 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 869 females per 1000 males. The village covers 124.2 hectares hectares.

Rakasia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakasia village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Rohtas
Tehsil	Sasaram
Area (hectares)	124.2 hectares
Population	1,867
Male Population	999
Female Population	868
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	869
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakasia compares

By the 2011 count Rakasia is the 40th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents. Its 124.2 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Getting to Rakasia

Rakasia is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rakasia 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rakasia from other places

Rakasia lies about 69 km from Rohtas, and the nearest railway station is Bairi, about 9.6 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 Rakasia
Nearest railway station	Bairi	9.6 km
Nearest town	Bikramganj	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sasaram	33 km
District headquarters	Rohtas	69 km

Villages closest to Rakasia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakasia village had a population of 1,867. That makes it the 40th largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,519 residents.

Rakasia village has 999 males and 868 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakasia has about 869 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

Rakasia covers 124.2 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Rakasia falls under Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Rakasia is Bairi, about 9.6 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 village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rakasia.

Rakasia is about 69 km from Rohtas in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakasia is in Sasaram tehsil of Rohtas district. Bairi is about 9.6 km away. Bikramganj is about 11 km away. Sasaram is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.