About Rauta Village

Rauta is a mid sized village in Ariari tehsil, in the district of Sheikhpura, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 675, made up of 315 males and 360 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,143 females per 1000 males. The village covers 125.12 hectares hectares.

Rauta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rauta village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Sheikhpura
Tehsil	Ariari
Area (hectares)	125.12 hectares
Population	675
Male Population	315
Female Population	360
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,143
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rauta compares

By the 2011 count Rauta is the 46th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,864 residents. Its 125.12 hectares work out to about 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Rauta

Rauta is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rauta as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Rauta from other places

Rauta lies about 13 km from Sheikhpura, and the nearest railway station is Kusumha Bihar, 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 Rauta
Tehsil headquarters	Ariari	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Kusumha Bihar	9.8 km
District headquarters	Sheikhpura	13 km

Villages closest to Rauta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rauta village had a population of 675. That makes it the 46th largest of the 60 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,864 residents.

Rauta village has 315 males and 360 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rauta has about 1143 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 941.

Rauta covers 125.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rauta falls under Ariari tehsil of Sheikhpura district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Rauta is Kusumha Bihar, about 9.8 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 within 10+ km distance for Rauta.

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

Rauta is in Ariari tehsil of Sheikhpura district. Ariari is about 3.6 km away. Kusumha Bihar is about 9.8 km away. Sheikhpura is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.