About Rukotanr Village

Rukotanr is a mid sized village in Gande tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 533, made up of 279 males and 254 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 910 females per 1000 males. The village covers 170 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rukotanr Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rukotanr village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Gande
Pincode	815312
Area (hectares)	170 hectares
Population	533
Male Population	279
Female Population	254
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	910
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Rukotanr compares

By the 2011 count Rukotanr is the 111th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 659 residents. Its 170 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Rukotanr

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

Rukotanr lies about 16 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 9.3 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 Rukotanr
Tehsil headquarters	Gande	1.9 km
Nearest railway station	Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt	9.3 km
District headquarters	Giridih	16 km

Villages closest to Rukotanr

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rukotanr village had a population of 533. That makes it the 111th largest of the 243 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 659 residents.

Rukotanr village has 279 males and 254 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rukotanr has about 910 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 945.

The pincode recorded for Rukotanr is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rukotanr covers 170 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rukotanr falls under Gande tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rukotanr is Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt, about 9.3 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Rukotanr.

Rukotanr is about 16 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rukotanr is in Gande tehsil of Giridih district. Gande is about 1.9 km away. Krishna Ballabh Sahay Halt is about 9.3 km away. Giridih is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.