About Rupaina Village

Rupaina is a small village in Sihunta tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 316, made up of 165 males and 151 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 915 females per 1000 males. The village covers 132.72 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rupaina Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rupaina village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Sihunta
Pincode	176302
Area (hectares)	132.72 hectares
Population	316
Male Population	165
Female Population	151
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	915
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rupaina compares

By the 2011 count Rupaina is the 45th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 498 residents. Its 132.72 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Rupaina

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

Rupaina lies about 22 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Talara, about 21 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 Rupaina
Tehsil headquarters	Sihunta	7.6 km
Nearest railway station	Talara	21 km
District headquarters	Chamba	22 km

Villages closest to Rupaina

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rupaina village had a population of 316. That makes it the 45th largest of the 80 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 498 residents.

Rupaina village has 165 males and 151 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rupaina has about 915 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Rupaina is 176302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rupaina covers 132.72 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rupaina falls under Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rupaina is Talara, about 21 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 Rupaina.

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

Rupaina is in Sihunta tehsil of Chamba district. Sihunta is about 7.6 km away. Talara is about 21 km away. Chamba is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.