About Rugta Village

Rugta is a small village in Kandaghat tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 15, made up of 5 males and 10 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 2,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 11.49 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173213, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rugta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rugta village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Kandaghat
Pincode	173213
Area (hectares)	11.49 hectares
Population	15
Male Population	5
Female Population	10
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	2,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rugta compares

By the 2011 count Rugta is the 239th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 153 residents. Its 11.49 hectares work out to about 1.3 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 967.

Getting to Rugta

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

Rugta lies about 28 km from Solan. 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 Rugta
Nearest town	Shimla	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kandaghat	27 km
District headquarters	Solan	28 km

Villages closest to Rugta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rugta village had a population of 15. That makes it the 239th largest of the 252 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 153 residents.

Rugta village has 5 males and 10 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rugta has about 2000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Rugta is 173213. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rugta covers 11.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rugta falls under Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Rugta 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 village for Rugta.

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

Rugta is in Kandaghat tehsil of Solan district. Shimla is about 24 km away. Kandaghat is about 27 km away. Solan is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.