About Rakh Village

Rakh is a small village in Dhira tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 240, made up of 106 males and 134 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,264 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176084, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakh village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Dhira
Pincode	176084
Area (hectares)	65.83 hectares
Population	240
Male Population	106
Female Population	134
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,264
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakh compares

By the 2011 count Rakh is the 37th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 195 residents. Its 65.83 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1176.

Getting to Rakh

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

Rakh lies about 21 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 Rakh
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhira	21 km
District headquarters	Kangra	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	30 km

Villages closest to Rakh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakh village had a population of 240. That makes it the 37th largest of the 111 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 195 residents.

Rakh village has 106 males and 134 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakh has about 1264 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1176.

The pincode recorded for Rakh is 176084. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakh covers 65.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakh falls under Dhira tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rakh is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 12 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 Rakh.

Rakh is about 21 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakh is in Dhira tehsil of Kangra district. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 12 km away. Dhira is about 21 km away. Kangra is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.