About Rahud Village

Rahud is a mid sized village in Khairagarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,678, made up of 837 males and 841 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,005 females per 1000 males. The village covers 658.94 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 496336, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rahud Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rahud village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Khairagarh
Pincode	496336
Area (hectares)	658.94 hectares
Population	1,678
Male Population	837
Female Population	841
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,005
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rahud compares

By the 2011 count Rahud is the 12th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 779 residents. Its 658.94 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

Getting to Rahud

Rahud is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rahud 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rahud from other places

Rahud lies about 36 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Murhipar, about 27 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 Rahud
Tehsil headquarters	Khairagarh	11 km
Nearest town	Khairāgarh	11 km
Nearest railway station	Murhipar	27 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	36 km

Villages closest to Rahud

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rahud village had a population of 1,678. That makes it the 12th largest of the 212 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 779 residents.

Rahud village has 837 males and 841 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rahud has about 1005 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1027.

The pincode recorded for Rahud is 496336. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rahud covers 658.94 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rahud falls under Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rahud is Murhipar, about 27 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 5 - 10 km distance for Rahud.

Rahud is about 36 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rahud is in Khairagarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Khairagarh is about 11 km away. Khairāgarh is about 11 km away. Murhipar is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.