About Raital Village

Raital is a mid sized village in Bagbahra tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 590, made up of 281 males and 309 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,100 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395.11 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493551, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raital Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raital village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Bagbahra
Pincode	493551
Area (hectares)	395.11 hectares
Population	590
Male Population	281
Female Population	309
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,100
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Raital compares

By the 2011 count Raital is the 127th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 735 residents. Its 395.11 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1032.

Getting to Raital

Raital is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Raital as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Raital from other places

Raital lies about 22 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bhimkhoj, about 5.6 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 Raital
Nearest railway station	Bhimkhoj	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bagbahra	10 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	22 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	22 km

Villages closest to Raital

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Raital village had a population of 590. That makes it the 127th largest of the 225 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 735 residents.

Raital village has 281 males and 309 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raital has about 1100 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Raital is 493551. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Raital covers 395.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Raital falls under Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Raital is Bhimkhoj, about 5.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Raital.

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

Raital is in Bagbahra tehsil of Mahasamund district. Bhimkhoj is about 5.6 km away. Bagbahra is about 10 km away. Mahasamund is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.