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About Ruhana Village

Ruhana is a mid sized village in Isagarh tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 767, made up of 416 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 450 hectares hectares.

Ruhana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ruhana village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Ashoknagar
Tehsil Isagarh
Area (hectares) 450 hectares
Population 767
Male Population 416
Female Population 351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ruhana compares

By the 2011 count Ruhana is the 82nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 925 residents. Its 450 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Getting to Ruhana

Ruhana is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Ruhana as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Ruhana from other places

Ruhana lies about 15 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Ashok Nagar, about 15 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 Ruhana
Nearest railway station Ashok Nagar 15 km
District headquarters Ashoknagar 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Isagarh 19 km

Villages closest to Ruhana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ruhana village had a population of 767. That makes it the 82nd largest of the 177 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 925 residents.

Ruhana village has 416 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ruhana has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 913.

Ruhana covers 450 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.

Ruhana falls under Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ruhana is Ashok Nagar, about 15 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ruhana.

Ruhana is about 15 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ruhana is in Isagarh tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Ashok Nagar is about 15 km away. Ashoknagar is about 15 km away. Isagarh is about 19 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Patai (1.7 km), Chandan Behata (1.8 km) and Parasari Isagarh (2.0 km).

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

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