About Rafatpur Village

Rafatpur is a small village in Dabra tehsil, in the district of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 334, made up of 204 males and 130 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 637 females per 1000 males. The village covers 186.86 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 475120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rafatpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rafatpur village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Gwalior
Tehsil	Dabra
Pincode	475120
Area (hectares)	186.86 hectares
Population	334
Male Population	204
Female Population	130
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	637
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rafatpur compares

By the 2011 count Rafatpur is the 136th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,214 residents. Its 186.86 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Rafatpur

Rafatpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rafatpur 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 Rafatpur from other places

Rafatpur lies about 75 km from Gwalior, and the nearest railway station is Chirula, about 3.3 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 Rafatpur
Nearest railway station	Chirula	3.3 km
Nearest town	Datia	7.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dabra	34 km
District headquarters	Gwalior	75 km

Villages closest to Rafatpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rafatpur village had a population of 334. That makes it the 136th largest of the 148 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,214 residents.

Rafatpur village has 204 males and 130 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rafatpur has about 637 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 864.

The pincode recorded for Rafatpur is 475120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rafatpur covers 186.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rafatpur falls under Dabra tehsil of Gwalior district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rafatpur is Chirula, about 3.3 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 Rafatpur.

Rafatpur is about 75 km from Gwalior in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rafatpur is in Dabra tehsil of Gwalior district. Chirula is about 3.3 km away. Datia is about 7.5 km away. Dabra is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.