About Rakehr Village

Rakehr is a small village in Khundian tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 107, made up of 49 males and 58 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,184 females per 1000 males. The village covers 65.78 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176030, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakehr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakehr village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Khundian
Pincode	176030
Area (hectares)	65.78 hectares
Population	107
Male Population	49
Female Population	58
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,184
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakehr compares

By the 2011 count Rakehr is the 130th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 178 residents. Its 65.78 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

Getting to Rakehr

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

Rakehr lies about 22 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 18 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 Rakehr
Tehsil headquarters	Khundian	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	18 km
District headquarters	Kangra	22 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	34 km

Villages closest to Rakehr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakehr village had a population of 107. That makes it the 130th largest of the 206 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 178 residents.

Rakehr village has 49 males and 58 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakehr has about 1184 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1070.

The pincode recorded for Rakehr is 176030. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakehr covers 65.78 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rakehr falls under Khundian tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rakehr is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 18 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 Rakehr.

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

Rakehr is in Khundian tehsil of Kangra district. Khundian is about under 2 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 18 km away. Kangra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.