About Rahawan Village

Rahawan is a mid sized village in Gumia tehsil, in the district of Bokaro, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,363, made up of 758 males and 605 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 798 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.82 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825325, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rahawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rahawan village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Bokaro
Tehsil	Gumia
Pincode	825325
Area (hectares)	150.82 hectares
Population	1,363
Male Population	758
Female Population	605
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	798
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Rahawan compares

By the 2011 count Rahawan is the 36th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents. Its 150.82 hectares work out to about 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

Getting to Rahawan

Rahawan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rahawan as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rahawan from other places

Rahawan lies about 57 km from Bokaro, and the nearest railway station is Danea, about 4.8 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 Rahawan
Nearest railway station	Danea	4.8 km
Nearest town	Kuju	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gumia	22 km
District headquarters	Bokaro	57 km

Villages closest to Rahawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rahawan village had a population of 1,363. That makes it the 36th largest of the 105 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,237 residents.

Rahawan village has 758 males and 605 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rahawan has about 798 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 985.

The pincode recorded for Rahawan is 825325. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rahawan covers 150.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.0 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Rahawan falls under Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rahawan is Danea, about 4.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rahawan.

Rahawan is about 57 km from Bokaro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rahawan is in Gumia tehsil of Bokaro district. Danea is about 4.8 km away. Kuju is about 14 km away. Gumia is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.