About Rakhi Village

Rakhi is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,018, made up of 501 males and 517 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,032 females per 1000 males. The village covers 209.61 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakhi village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	209.61 hectares
Population	1,018
Male Population	501
Female Population	517
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,032
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakhi compares

By the 2011 count Rakhi is the 91st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents. Its 209.61 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Rakhi

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

Rakhi lies about 22 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Bhilai, about 11 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 Rakhi
Nearest railway station	Bhilai	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	11 km
District headquarters	Durg	22 km

Villages closest to Rakhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakhi village had a population of 1,018. That makes it the 91st largest of the 135 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,516 residents.

Rakhi village has 501 males and 517 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakhi has about 1032 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Rakhi is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakhi covers 209.61 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakhi falls under Patan tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rakhi is Bhilai, about 11 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 10+ km distance for Rakhi.

Rakhi is about 22 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakhi is in Patan tehsil of Durg district. Bhilai is about 11 km away. Patan is about 11 km away. Durg is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.