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About Ragja Village

Ragja is a large village in Sakti tehsil, in the district of Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,176, made up of 1,037 males and 1,139 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,098 females per 1000 males. The village covers 416.02 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ragja Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ragja village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Janjgir Champa
Tehsil Sakti
Pincode 491995
Area (hectares) 416.02 hectares
Population 2,176
Male Population 1,037
Female Population 1,139
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,098
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ragja compares

By the 2011 count Ragja is the 16th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents. Its 416.02 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Ragja

Ragja is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ragja as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ragja from other places

Ragja lies about 43 km from Janjgir Champa. 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 Ragja
Tehsil headquarters Sakti 3.0 km
Nearest town Saktī 3.0 km
District headquarters Janjgir Champa 43 km

Villages closest to Ragja

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

Common questions about Ragja

As per the Census of India 2011, Ragja village had a population of 2,176. That makes it the 16th largest of the 125 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,150 residents.

Ragja village has 1,037 males and 1,139 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ragja has about 1098 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Ragja is 491995. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ragja covers 416.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ragja falls under Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district in Chhattisgarh.

The census record for Ragja notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within village for Ragja.

Ragja is about 43 km from Janjgir Champa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ragja is in Sakti tehsil of Janjgir Champa district. Sakti is about 3.0 km away. Saktī is about 3.0 km away. Janjgir Champa is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandanara (under 2 km), Paterapali Khurd (1.8 km) and Riwapali (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ragja today is likely to be higher.

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