About Rakkar Village

Rakkar is a small village in Nadaun tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 221, made up of 108 males and 113 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 177042, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakkar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakkar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Nadaun
Pincode	177042
Area (hectares)	44.28 hectares
Population	221
Male Population	108
Female Population	113
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,046
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakkar compares

By the 2011 count Rakkar is the 115th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 216 residents. Its 44.28 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

Getting to Rakkar

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

Rakkar lies about 28 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 19 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 Rakkar
Tehsil headquarters	Nadaun	8.3 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	19 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	28 km
Nearest town	Talwāra	38 km

Villages closest to Rakkar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakkar village had a population of 221. That makes it the 115th largest of the 341 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 216 residents.

Rakkar village has 108 males and 113 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakkar has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1091.

The pincode recorded for Rakkar is 177042. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakkar covers 44.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakkar falls under Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rakkar is Amb Andaura, about 19 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 Rakkar.

Rakkar is about 28 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakkar is in Nadaun tehsil of Hamirpur district. Nadaun is about 8.3 km away. Amb Andaura is about 19 km away. Hamirpur is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.