About Rakela Village

Rakela is a small village in Rampur Naikin tehsil, in the district of Sidhi, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 472, made up of 250 males and 222 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 888 females per 1000 males. The village covers 213.02 hectares hectares.

Rakela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakela village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Sidhi
Tehsil	Rampur Naikin
Area (hectares)	213.02 hectares
Population	472
Male Population	250
Female Population	222
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	888
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakela compares

By the 2011 count Rakela is the 103rd largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents. Its 213.02 hectares work out to about 2.2 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 948.

Getting to Rakela

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

Rakela lies about 28 km from Sidhi, and the nearest railway station is Joba, 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 Rakela
Tehsil headquarters	Rampur Naikin	16 km
Nearest railway station	Joba	25 km
District headquarters	Sidhi	28 km

Villages closest to Rakela

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Rampur Naikin 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 Rakela

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakela village had a population of 472. That makes it the 103rd largest of the 137 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,339 residents.

Rakela village has 250 males and 222 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakela has about 888 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

Rakela covers 213.02 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakela falls under Rampur Naikin tehsil of Sidhi district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rakela is Joba, 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 village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rakela.

Rakela is about 28 km from Sidhi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakela is in Rampur Naikin tehsil of Sidhi district. Rampur Naikin is about 16 km away. Joba is about 25 km away. Sidhi is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.