About Ragsa Village

Ragsa is a small village in Theog tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 112, made up of 56 males and 56 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ragsa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ragsa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Theog
Pincode	171220
Area (hectares)	82 hectares
Population	112
Male Population	56
Female Population	56
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ragsa compares

By the 2011 count Ragsa is the 253rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 180 residents. Its 82 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Ragsa

Ragsa is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ragsa as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Ragsa from other places

Ragsa lies about 30 km from Shimla. 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 Ragsa
Tehsil headquarters	Theog	14 km
District headquarters	Shimla	30 km

Villages closest to Ragsa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ragsa village had a population of 112. That makes it the 253rd largest of the 425 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 180 residents.

Ragsa village has 56 males and 56 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ragsa has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Ragsa is 171220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ragsa covers 82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ragsa falls under Theog tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Ragsa notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ragsa.

Ragsa is about 30 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ragsa is in Theog tehsil of Shimla district. Theog is about 14 km away. Shimla is about 30 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.