About Rakhav Village

Rakhav is a mid sized village in Patan tehsil, in the district of Patan, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 938, made up of 500 males and 438 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 347.52 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 384285, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakhav Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakhav village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Patan
Tehsil	Patan
Pincode	384285
Area (hectares)	347.52 hectares
Population	938
Male Population	500
Female Population	438
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	876
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakhav compares

By the 2011 count Rakhav is the 104th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,288 residents. Its 347.52 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

Getting to Rakhav

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

Rakhav lies about 16 km from Patan, and the nearest railway station is Wayad, 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 Rakhav
Nearest railway station	Wayad	5.6 km
Tehsil headquarters	Patan	16 km
Nearest town	Pātan	16 km

Villages closest to Rakhav

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakhav village had a population of 938. That makes it the 104th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,288 residents.

Rakhav village has 500 males and 438 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakhav has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 931.

The pincode recorded for Rakhav is 384285. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakhav covers 347.52 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakhav falls under Patan tehsil of Patan district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Rakhav is Wayad, about 5.6 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 10+ km distance for Rakhav.

Rakhav is about 16 km from Patan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakhav is in Patan tehsil of Patan district. Wayad is about 5.6 km away. Patan is about 16 km away. Pātan is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.