About Rajpur Village

Rajpur is a mid sized village in Magarlod tehsil, in the district of Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,571, made up of 739 males and 832 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,126 females per 1000 males. The village covers 790.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495224, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajpur village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Dhamtari
Tehsil	Magarlod
Pincode	495224
Area (hectares)	790.38 hectares
Population	1,571
Male Population	739
Female Population	832
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,126
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rajpur compares

By the 2011 count Rajpur is the 19th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents. Its 790.38 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1018.

Getting to Rajpur

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

Rajpur lies about 24 km from Dhamtari, and the nearest railway station is Kurud, about 15 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 Rajpur
Tehsil headquarters	Magarlod	7.9 km
Nearest railway station	Kurud	15 km
District headquarters	Dhamtari	24 km

Villages closest to Rajpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajpur village had a population of 1,571. That makes it the 19th largest of the 110 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,012 residents.

Rajpur village has 739 males and 832 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajpur has about 1126 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Rajpur is 495224. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajpur covers 790.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rajpur falls under Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rajpur is Kurud, about 15 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Rajpur.

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

Rajpur is in Magarlod tehsil of Dhamtari district. Magarlod is about 7.9 km away. Kurud is about 15 km away. Dhamtari is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.