About Raitum Village

Raitum is a large village in Mahasamund tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,664, made up of 1,306 males and 1,358 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,040 females per 1000 males. The village covers 726.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491995, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raitum Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raitum village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Mahasamund
Pincode	491995
Area (hectares)	726.3 hectares
Population	2,664
Male Population	1,306
Female Population	1,358
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,040
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Raitum compares

By the 2011 count Raitum is the 13th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 726.3 hectares work out to about 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Raitum

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

Raitum lies about 29 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Bhimkhoj, about 21 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 Raitum
Nearest railway station	Bhimkhoj	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mahasamund	29 km
Nearest town	Mahāsamund	29 km

Villages closest to Raitum

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Raitum village had a population of 2,664. That makes it the 13th largest of the 185 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Raitum village has 1,306 males and 1,358 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raitum has about 1040 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1007.

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

Raitum covers 726.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Raitum falls under Mahasamund tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Raitum is Bhimkhoj, about 21 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 Raitum.

Raitum is about 29 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raitum is in Mahasamund tehsil of Mahasamund district. Bhimkhoj is about 21 km away. Mahasamund is about 29 km away. Mahāsamund is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.