About Ratakot Village

Ratakot is a mid sized village in Gandhwani tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 674, made up of 342 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 971 females per 1000 males. The village covers 343.11 hectares hectares.

Ratakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratakot village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Dhar
Tehsil	Gandhwani
Area (hectares)	343.11 hectares
Population	674
Male Population	342
Female Population	332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	971
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratakot compares

By the 2011 count Ratakot is the 84th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents. Its 343.11 hectares work out to about 2.0 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, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Ratakot

Ratakot is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ratakot as Available within 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 Ratakot from other places

Ratakot lies about 34 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Road, about 17 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 Ratakot
Nearest railway station	Tanda Road	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gandhwani	25 km
District headquarters	Dhar	34 km
Nearest town	Dhār	34 km

Villages closest to Ratakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratakot village had a population of 674. That makes it the 84th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,082 residents.

Ratakot village has 342 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratakot has about 971 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1013.

Ratakot covers 343.11 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ratakot falls under Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ratakot is Tanda Road, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ratakot.

Ratakot is about 34 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratakot is in Gandhwani tehsil of Dhar district. Tanda Road is about 17 km away. Gandhwani is about 25 km away. Dhar is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.