About Rakhed Village

Rakhed is a small village in Lawalaung tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 427, made up of 203 males and 224 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,103 females per 1000 males. The village covers 185 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakhed Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakhed village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Lawalaung
Pincode	825404
Area (hectares)	185 hectares
Population	427
Male Population	203
Female Population	224
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,103
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakhed compares

By the 2011 count Rakhed is the 40th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 522 residents. Its 185 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

Getting to Rakhed

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

Rakhed lies about 12 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Shivpur, about 24 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 Rakhed
Tehsil headquarters	Lawalaung	12 km
District headquarters	Chatra	12 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	12 km
Nearest railway station	Shivpur	24 km

Villages closest to Rakhed

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakhed village had a population of 427. That makes it the 40th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 522 residents.

Rakhed village has 203 males and 224 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakhed has about 1103 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 970.

The pincode recorded for Rakhed is 825404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakhed covers 185 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakhed falls under Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rakhed is Shivpur, about 24 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rakhed.

Rakhed is about 12 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakhed is in Lawalaung tehsil of Chatra district. Lawalaung is about 12 km away. Chatra is about 12 km away. Chatrā is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.