About Rao Village

Rao is a small village in Jagadhri tehsil, in the district of Yamunanagar, Haryana. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 339, made up of 187 males and 152 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 813 females per 1000 males. The village covers 127 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 135133, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rao Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rao village
Description	Value
State	Haryana
District	Yamunanagar
Tehsil	Jagadhri
Pincode	135133
Area (hectares)	127 hectares
Population	339
Male Population	187
Female Population	152
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	813
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rao compares

By the 2011 count Rao is the 263rd largest of the 281 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,417 residents. Its 127 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 876.

Getting to Rao

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

Rao lies about 22 km from Yamunanagar, and the nearest railway station is Kalanour, about 20 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 Rao
Nearest town	Nakūr	11 km
Nearest railway station	Kalanour	20 km
District headquarters	Yamunanagar	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jagadhri	26 km

Villages closest to Rao

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rao village had a population of 339. That makes it the 263rd largest of the 281 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,417 residents.

Rao village has 187 males and 152 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rao has about 813 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 876.

The pincode recorded for Rao is 135133. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rao covers 127 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rao falls under Jagadhri tehsil of Yamunanagar district in Haryana.

The nearest railway station to Rao is Kalanour, about 20 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 village for Rao.

Rao is about 22 km from Yamunanagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rao is in Jagadhri tehsil of Yamunanagar district. Nakūr is about 11 km away. Kalanour is about 20 km away. Yamunanagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.