About Rakh Hajin Village

Rakh Hajin is a large village in Sonawari tehsil, in the district of Bandipore, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,497, made up of 1,244 males and 1,253 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,007 females per 1000 males. The village covers 253.7 hectares hectares.

Rakh Hajin Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakh Hajin village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Bandipore
Tehsil	Sonawari
Area (hectares)	253.7 hectares
Population	2,497
Male Population	1,244
Female Population	1,253
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,007
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakh Hajin compares

By the 2011 count Rakh Hajin is the 24th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents. Its 253.7 hectares work out to about 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Getting to Rakh Hajin

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

Rakh Hajin lies about 14 km from Bandipore, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, 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 Rakh Hajin
Tehsil headquarters	Sonawari	6.7 km
Nearest railway station	Hamre	13 km
Nearest town	Sopur	13 km
District headquarters	Bandipore	14 km

Villages closest to Rakh Hajin

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakh Hajin village had a population of 2,497. That makes it the 24th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,964 residents.

Rakh Hajin village has 1,244 males and 1,253 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakh Hajin has about 1007 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 947.

Rakh Hajin covers 253.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.8 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Rakh Hajin falls under Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Rakh Hajin is Hamre, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rakh Hajin.

Rakh Hajin is about 14 km from Bandipore in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakh Hajin is in Sonawari tehsil of Bandipore district. Sonawari is about 6.7 km away. Hamre is about 13 km away. Sopur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.