About Rakh Village

Rakh is a mid sized village in Banda tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,228, made up of 674 males and 554 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 822 females per 1000 males. The village covers 397.73 hectares hectares.

Rakh Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakh village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sagar
Tehsil	Banda
Area (hectares)	397.73 hectares
Population	1,228
Male Population	674
Female Population	554
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	822
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakh compares

By the 2011 count Rakh is the 55th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents. Its 397.73 hectares work out to about 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Rakh

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

Rakh lies about 29 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Makronia, about 25 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 Rakh
Tehsil headquarters	Banda	15 km
Nearest railway station	Makronia	25 km
District headquarters	Sagar	29 km

Villages closest to Rakh

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakh village had a population of 1,228. That makes it the 55th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents.

Rakh village has 674 males and 554 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakh has about 822 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

Rakh covers 397.73 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakh falls under Banda tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rakh is Makronia, about 25 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 village for Rakh.

Rakh is about 29 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakh is in Banda tehsil of Sagar district. Banda is about 15 km away. Makronia is about 25 km away. Sagar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.