About Rapot Village

Rapot is a small village in Thural tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 431, made up of 216 males and 215 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 995 females per 1000 males. The village covers 77.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176092, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rapot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rapot village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Thural
Pincode	176092
Area (hectares)	77.15 hectares
Population	431
Male Population	216
Female Population	215
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	995
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rapot compares

By the 2011 count Rapot is the 9th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 77.15 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

Getting to Rapot

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

Rapot lies about 24 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 13 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 Rapot
Tehsil headquarters	Thural	3.2 km
Nearest railway station	Sulah Himachal Pradesh	13 km
District headquarters	Kangra	24 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km

Villages closest to Rapot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rapot village had a population of 431. That makes it the 9th largest of the 83 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Rapot village has 216 males and 215 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rapot has about 995 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1158.

The pincode recorded for Rapot is 176092. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rapot covers 77.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rapot falls under Thural tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rapot is Sulah Himachal Pradesh, about 13 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 Rapot.

Rapot is about 24 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rapot is in Thural tehsil of Kangra district. Thural is about 3.2 km away. Sulah Himachal Pradesh is about 13 km away. Kangra is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.