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About Ratadiya Village

Ratadiya is a mid sized village in Nakhatrana tehsil, in the district of Kachchh, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,029, made up of 509 males and 520 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1773.06 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 370605, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratadiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratadiya village
Description Value
State Gujarat
District Kachchh
Tehsil Nakhatrana
Pincode 370605
Area (hectares) 1773.06 hectares
Population 1,029
Male Population 509
Female Population 520
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratadiya compares

By the 2011 count Ratadiya is the 43rd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents. Its 1773.06 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 963.

Getting to Ratadiya

Ratadiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ratadiya as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Ratadiya from other places

Ratadiya lies about 66 km from Kachchh, and the nearest railway station is Sanosara, about 32 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 Ratadiya
Tehsil headquarters Nakhatrana 22 km
Nearest railway station Sanosara 32 km
Nearest town Bhuj 62 km
District headquarters Kachchh 66 km

Villages closest to Ratadiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratadiya village had a population of 1,029. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,226 residents.

Ratadiya village has 509 males and 520 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratadiya has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Ratadiya is 370605. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratadiya covers 1773.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ratadiya falls under Nakhatrana tehsil of Kachchh district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Ratadiya is Sanosara, about 32 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 within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ratadiya.

Ratadiya is about 66 km from Kachchh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratadiya is in Nakhatrana tehsil of Kachchh district. Nakhatrana is about 22 km away. Sanosara is about 32 km away. Bhuj is about 62 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Valka Mota (under 2 km), Ugedi (3.6 km) and Vigodi (4.0 km).

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

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