About Raksi Village

Raksi is a mid sized village in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil, in the district of Chatra, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 895, made up of 456 males and 439 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 963 females per 1000 males. The village covers 352 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825401, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raksi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raksi village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Chatra
Tehsil	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur
Pincode	825401
Area (hectares)	352 hectares
Population	895
Male Population	456
Female Population	439
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	963
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Raksi compares

By the 2011 count Raksi is the 67th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 758 residents. Its 352 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 962.

Getting to Raksi

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

Raksi lies about 7.8 km from Chatra, and the nearest railway station is Katkamsandi, about 27 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 Raksi
Tehsil headquarters	Shaligram Ram Narayanpur	7.8 km
District headquarters	Chatra	7.8 km
Nearest town	Chatrā	7.8 km
Nearest railway station	Katkamsandi	27 km

Villages closest to Raksi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur 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 Raksi

As per the Census of India 2011, Raksi village had a population of 895. That makes it the 67th largest of the 231 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 758 residents.

Raksi village has 456 males and 439 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raksi has about 963 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 962.

The pincode recorded for Raksi is 825401. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Raksi covers 352 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Raksi falls under Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Raksi is Katkamsandi, about 27 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 Raksi.

Raksi is about 7.8 km from Chatra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raksi is in Shaligram Ram Narayanpur tehsil of Chatra district. Shaligram Ram Narayanpur is about 7.8 km away. Chatra is about 7.8 km away. Chatrā is about 7.8 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.