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About Raipura Kalan Village

Raipura Kalan is a small village in Ghuwara tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 336, made up of 172 males and 164 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 953 females per 1000 males. The village covers 541.89 hectares hectares.

Raipura Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raipura Kalan village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Chhatarpur
Tehsil Ghuwara
Area (hectares) 541.89 hectares
Population 336
Male Population 172
Female Population 164
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 953
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 Raipura Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Raipura Kalan is the 49th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 541.89 hectares work out to about 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Raipura Kalan

Raipura Kalan is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Raipura Kalan 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 Raipura Kalan from other places

Raipura Kalan lies about 63 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Sarkanpur, about 41 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 Raipura Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Ghuwara 12 km
Nearest town Bijāwar 34 km
Nearest railway station Sarkanpur 41 km
District headquarters Chhatarpur 63 km

Villages closest to Raipura Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Ghuwara 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 Raipura Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Raipura Kalan village had a population of 336. That makes it the 49th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Raipura Kalan village has 172 males and 164 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raipura Kalan has about 953 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 871.

Raipura Kalan covers 541.89 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Raipura Kalan falls under Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Raipura Kalan is Sarkanpur, about 41 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 Raipura Kalan.

Raipura Kalan is about 63 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raipura Kalan is in Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Ghuwara is about 12 km away. Bijāwar is about 34 km away. Sarkanpur is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Manakpura (3.9 km), Gorakhpura (3.9 km) and Jhigari (4.6 km).

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

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