About Ratwas Village

Ratwas is a mid sized village in Mungaoli tehsil, in the district of Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 883, made up of 471 males and 412 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 875 females per 1000 males. The village covers 646 hectares hectares.

Ratwas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratwas village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Ashoknagar
Tehsil	Mungaoli
Area (hectares)	646 hectares
Population	883
Male Population	471
Female Population	412
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	875
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Ratwas compares

By the 2011 count Ratwas is the 76th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 851 residents. Its 646 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Getting to Ratwas

Ratwas is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ratwas 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ratwas from other places

Ratwas lies about 16 km from Ashoknagar, and the nearest railway station is Rahatwas, about under 2 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 Ratwas
Nearest railway station	Rahatwas	under 2 km
District headquarters	Ashoknagar	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mungaoli	25 km

Villages closest to Ratwas

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratwas village had a population of 883. That makes it the 76th largest of the 227 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 851 residents.

Ratwas village has 471 males and 412 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratwas has about 875 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 888.

Ratwas covers 646 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ratwas falls under Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ratwas is Rahatwas, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ratwas.

Ratwas is about 16 km from Ashoknagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratwas is in Mungaoli tehsil of Ashoknagar district. Rahatwas is about under 2 km away. Ashoknagar is about 16 km away. Mungaoli is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.