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About Ragragi Village

Ragragi is a small village in Saraikela tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 469, made up of 232 males and 237 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,022 females per 1000 males. The village covers 295.51 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 833220, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ragragi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ragragi village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil Saraikela
Pincode 833220
Area (hectares) 295.51 hectares
Population 469
Male Population 232
Female Population 237
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,022
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ragragi compares

By the 2011 count Ragragi is the 60th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 435 residents. Its 295.51 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

Getting to Ragragi

Ragragi is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ragragi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Ragragi from other places

Ragragi lies about 21 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Pandrasali, about 7.1 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 Ragragi
Nearest railway station Pandrasali 7.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Saraikela 7.7 km
Nearest town Chāībāsa 14 km
District headquarters Saraikela Kharsawan 21 km

Villages closest to Ragragi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ragragi village had a population of 469. That makes it the 60th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 435 residents.

Ragragi village has 232 males and 237 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ragragi has about 1022 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1006.

The pincode recorded for Ragragi is 833220. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ragragi covers 295.51 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ragragi falls under Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ragragi is Pandrasali, about 7.1 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 5 - 10 km distance for Ragragi.

Ragragi is about 21 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ragragi is in Saraikela tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Pandrasali is about 7.1 km away. Saraikela is about 7.7 km away. Chāībāsa is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Pathanmara (under 2 km), Tholka (1.7 km) and Paharpur (1.9 km).

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

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