About Ruchab Village

Ruchab is a mid sized village in Kuchai tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,100, made up of 539 males and 561 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,041 females per 1000 males. The village covers 293 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ruchab Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ruchab village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Kuchai
Pincode	833101
Area (hectares)	293 hectares
Population	1,100
Male Population	539
Female Population	561
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,041
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ruchab compares

By the 2011 count Ruchab is the 17th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 651 residents. Its 293 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

Getting to Ruchab

Ruchab is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ruchab 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ruchab from other places

Ruchab lies about 19 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Rajkharsawan Junction, 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 Ruchab
Tehsil headquarters	Kuchai	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Rajkharsawan Junction	13 km
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	19 km
Nearest town	Chakradharpur	21 km

Villages closest to Ruchab

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ruchab village had a population of 1,100. That makes it the 17th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 651 residents.

Ruchab village has 539 males and 561 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ruchab has about 1041 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 989.

The pincode recorded for Ruchab is 833101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ruchab covers 293 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ruchab falls under Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ruchab is Rajkharsawan Junction, 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ruchab.

Ruchab is about 19 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ruchab is in Kuchai tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Kuchai is about under 2 km away. Rajkharsawan Junction is about 13 km away. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.