About Rakse Village

Rakse is a mid sized village in Sahaspur Lohara tehsil, in the district of Kabeerdham, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,181, made up of 585 males and 596 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 431.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493996, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakse Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakse village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Kabeerdham
Tehsil	Sahaspur Lohara
Pincode	493996
Area (hectares)	431.27 hectares
Population	1,181
Male Population	585
Female Population	596
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,019
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakse compares

By the 2011 count Rakse is the 32nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 782 residents. Its 431.27 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

Getting to Rakse

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

Rakse lies about 39 km from Kabeerdham, and the nearest railway station is Rasmara, about 59 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 Rakse
Tehsil headquarters	Sahaspur Lohara	13 km
Nearest town	Kawardha	32 km
District headquarters	Kabeerdham	39 km
Nearest railway station	Rasmara	59 km

Villages closest to Rakse

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sahaspur Lohara 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 Rakse

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakse village had a population of 1,181. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 782 residents.

Rakse village has 585 males and 596 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakse has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1012.

The pincode recorded for Rakse is 493996. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakse covers 431.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakse falls under Sahaspur Lohara tehsil of Kabeerdham district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rakse is Rasmara, about 59 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 Rakse.

Rakse is about 39 km from Kabeerdham in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakse is in Sahaspur Lohara tehsil of Kabeerdham district. Sahaspur Lohara is about 13 km away. Kawardha is about 32 km away. Kabeerdham is about 39 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.