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About Ruhera Village

Ruhera is a large village in Seondha tehsil, in the district of Datia, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,380, made up of 1,291 males and 1,089 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 844 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1284.08 hectares hectares.

Ruhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ruhera village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Datia
Tehsil Seondha
Area (hectares) 1284.08 hectares
Population 2,380
Male Population 1,291
Female Population 1,089
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 844
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ruhera compares

By the 2011 count Ruhera is the 7th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 970 residents. Its 1284.08 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 829.

Getting to Ruhera

Ruhera is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ruhera as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Ruhera from other places

Ruhera lies about 76 km from Datia, and the nearest railway station is Itehar, about 35 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 Ruhera
Tehsil headquarters Seondha 14 km
Nearest railway station Itehar 35 km
District headquarters Datia 76 km

Villages closest to Ruhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ruhera village had a population of 2,380. That makes it the 7th largest of the 96 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 970 residents.

Ruhera village has 1,291 males and 1,089 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ruhera has about 844 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 829.

Ruhera covers 1284.08 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ruhera falls under Seondha tehsil of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ruhera is Itehar, about 35 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 village for Ruhera.

Ruhera is about 76 km from Datia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ruhera is in Seondha tehsil of Datia district. Seondha is about 14 km away. Itehar is about 35 km away. Datia is about 76 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kitana (2.7 km), Bhikampura (3.6 km) and Neemdanda (3.8 km).

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

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