About Ratkal Village

Ratkal is a large village in Chincholi tehsil, in the district of Gulbarga, Karnataka. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,759, made up of 2,346 males and 2,413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,029 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2914.33 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 585322, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratkal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratkal village
Description	Value
State	Karnataka
District	Gulbarga
Tehsil	Chincholi
Pincode	585322
Area (hectares)	2914.33 hectares
Population	4,759
Male Population	2,346
Female Population	2,413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,029
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratkal compares

By the 2011 count Ratkal is the 8th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 2914.33 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 1013.

Getting to Ratkal

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

Ratkal lies about 31 km from Gulbarga, and the nearest railway station is Nawadgi, about 19 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 Ratkal
Nearest railway station	Nawadgi	19 km
Nearest town	Chitaguppa	30 km
District headquarters	Gulbarga	31 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chincholi	33 km

Villages closest to Ratkal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratkal village had a population of 4,759. That makes it the 8th largest of the 133 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Ratkal village has 2,346 males and 2,413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratkal has about 1029 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Ratkal is 585322. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratkal covers 2914.33 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.

Ratkal falls under Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district in Karnataka.

The nearest railway station to Ratkal is Nawadgi, about 19 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 Ratkal.

Ratkal is about 31 km from Gulbarga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratkal is in Chincholi tehsil of Gulbarga district. Nawadgi is about 19 km away. Chitaguppa is about 30 km away. Gulbarga is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.