About Rakh Haigam Village

Rakh Haigam is a large village in Sopore tehsil, in the district of Baramula, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,016, made up of 1,032 males and 984 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1114.5 hectares hectares.

Rakh Haigam Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakh Haigam village
Description	Value
State	Jammu and Kashmir
District	Baramula
Tehsil	Sopore
Area (hectares)	1114.5 hectares
Population	2,016
Male Population	1,032
Female Population	984
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	953
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 Haigam compares

By the 2011 count Rakh Haigam is the 29th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,607 residents. Its 1114.5 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Rakh Haigam

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

Rakh Haigam lies about 15 km from Baramula, and the nearest railway station is Hamre, about 2.4 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 Haigam
Nearest railway station	Hamre	2.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sopore	5.7 km
Nearest town	Sopur	5.7 km
District headquarters	Baramula	15 km

Villages closest to Rakh Haigam

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakh Haigam village had a population of 2,016. That makes it the 29th largest of the 57 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,607 residents.

Rakh Haigam village has 1,032 males and 984 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakh Haigam has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Rakh Haigam covers 1114.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rakh Haigam falls under Sopore tehsil of Baramula district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Rakh Haigam is Hamre, about 2.4 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 Haigam.

Rakh Haigam is about 15 km from Baramula in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakh Haigam is in Sopore tehsil of Baramula district. Hamre is about 2.4 km away. Sopore is about 5.7 km away. Sopur is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.