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About Rategaon Village

Rategaon is a mid sized village in Lalbarra tehsil, in the district of Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 809, made up of 396 males and 413 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,043 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336.71 hectares hectares.

Rategaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rategaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Balaghat
Tehsil Lalbarra
Area (hectares) 336.71 hectares
Population 809
Male Population 396
Female Population 413
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,043
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 Rategaon compares

By the 2011 count Rategaon is the 78th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents. Its 336.71 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Rategaon

Rategaon is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Rategaon 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 Rategaon from other places

Rategaon lies about 14 km from Balaghat, and the nearest railway station is Kaydi Halt, about 8.0 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 Rategaon
Nearest railway station Kaydi Halt 8.0 km
Nearest town Wārāseonī 10 km
Tehsil headquarters Lalbarra 14 km
District headquarters Balaghat 14 km

Villages closest to Rategaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rategaon village had a population of 809. That makes it the 78th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,485 residents.

Rategaon village has 396 males and 413 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rategaon has about 1043 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1020.

Rategaon covers 336.71 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rategaon falls under Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rategaon is Kaydi Halt, about 8.0 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 Rategaon.

Rategaon is about 14 km from Balaghat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rategaon is in Lalbarra tehsil of Balaghat district. Kaydi Halt is about 8.0 km away. Wārāseonī is about 10 km away. Lalbarra 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 Pathri (2.3 km), Nilji (2.4 km) and Khamariya (2.5 km).

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

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