About Rat Village

Rat is a small village in Bilaspur Sadar tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 373, made up of 209 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 785 females per 1000 males. The village covers 71 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 174001, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rat village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Bilaspur Sadar
Pincode	174001
Area (hectares)	71 hectares
Population	373
Male Population	209
Female Population	164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	785
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rat compares

By the 2011 count Rat is the 58th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 388 residents. Its 71 hectares work out to about 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

Getting to Rat

Rat is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rat as Available within village. 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 Rat from other places

Rat lies about 23 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Kalmitar, about 13 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 Rat
Nearest town	Ratanpur	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Kalmitar	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bilaspur Sadar	23 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	23 km

Villages closest to Rat

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Bilaspur Sadar 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 Rat

As per the Census of India 2011, Rat village had a population of 373. That makes it the 58th largest of the 160 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 388 residents.

Rat village has 209 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rat has about 785 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 956.

The pincode recorded for Rat is 174001. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rat covers 71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rat falls under Bilaspur Sadar tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rat is Kalmitar, about 13 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 village for Rat.

Rat is about 23 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rat is in Bilaspur Sadar tehsil of Bilaspur district. Ratanpur is about under 2 km away. Kalmitar is about 13 km away. Bilaspur Sadar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.