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About Rakesi Village

Rakesi is a small village in Mandro tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 49, made up of 28 males and 21 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 750 females per 1000 males. The village covers 20 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816109, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rakesi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakesi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Mandro
Pincode 816109
Area (hectares) 20 hectares
Population 49
Male Population 28
Female Population 21
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 750
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 Rakesi compares

By the 2011 count Rakesi is the 145th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 427 residents. Its 20 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

Getting to Rakesi

Rakesi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rakesi 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 Rakesi from other places

Rakesi lies about 7.4 km from Mandro, and the nearest railway station is Sahibganj, about 13 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 Rakesi
Tehsil headquarters Mandro 7.4 km
Nearest railway station Sahibganj 13 km
Nearest town Sāhibganj 13 km

Villages closest to Rakesi

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

Common questions about Rakesi

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakesi village had a population of 49. That makes it the 145th largest of the 176 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 427 residents.

Rakesi village has 28 males and 21 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakesi has about 750 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1014.

The pincode recorded for Rakesi is 816109. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rakesi covers 20 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakesi falls under Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rakesi is Sahibganj, about 13 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 Rakesi.

Rakesi is about 7.4 km from Mandro in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakesi is in Mandro tehsil of Sahibganj district. Mandro is about 7.4 km away. Sahibganj is about 13 km away. Sāhibganj is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sahara (under 2 km), Badem (under 2 km) and Gutibera (under 2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Rakesi today is likely to be higher.

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