About Ruki Village

Ruki is a mid sized village in Ghaghra tehsil, in the district of Gumla, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,268, made up of 635 males and 633 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 997 females per 1000 males. The village covers 756.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835208, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ruki Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ruki village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Gumla
Tehsil	Ghaghra
Pincode	835208
Area (hectares)	756.01 hectares
Population	1,268
Male Population	635
Female Population	633
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	997
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ruki compares

By the 2011 count Ruki is the 26th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 889 residents. Its 756.01 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1002.

Getting to Ruki

Ruki is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ruki 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ruki from other places

Ruki lies about 24 km from Gumla, and the nearest railway station is Lohardaga, about 34 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 Ruki
Tehsil headquarters	Ghaghra	9.9 km
District headquarters	Gumla	24 km
Nearest town	Gumlā	24 km
Nearest railway station	Lohardaga	34 km

Villages closest to Ruki

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ruki village had a population of 1,268. That makes it the 26th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 889 residents.

Ruki village has 635 males and 633 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ruki has about 997 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 1002.

The pincode recorded for Ruki is 835208. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ruki covers 756.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ruki falls under Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ruki is Lohardaga, about 34 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 10+ km distance for Ruki.

Ruki is about 24 km from Gumla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ruki is in Ghaghra tehsil of Gumla district. Ghaghra is about 9.9 km away. Gumla is about 24 km away. Gumlā is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.