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About Rajkatta Village

Rajkatta is a small village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 446, made up of 216 males and 230 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,065 females per 1000 males. The village covers 226.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rajkatta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rajkatta village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 226.51 hectares
Population 446
Male Population 216
Female Population 230
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,065
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Rajkatta compares

By the 2011 count Rajkatta is the 136th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 226.51 hectares work out to about 2.0 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 1017.

Getting to Rajkatta

Rajkatta 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 Rajkatta as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Rajkatta from other places

Rajkatta lies about 29 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Dongargarh, about 2.5 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 Rajkatta
Nearest railway station Dongargarh 2.5 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 29 km

Villages closest to Rajkatta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rajkatta village had a population of 446. That makes it the 136th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Rajkatta village has 216 males and 230 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rajkatta has about 1065 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Rajkatta is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rajkatta covers 226.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rajkatta falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rajkatta is Dongargarh, about 2.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Rajkatta.

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

Rajkatta is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargarh is about 2.5 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhandarpur (1.7 km), Gajmarra (2.1 km) and Kalyanpur (2.8 km).

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

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