About Rara Village

Rara is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,656, made up of 876 males and 780 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 890 females per 1000 males. The village covers 966 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144202, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rara village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144202
Area (hectares)	966 hectares
Population	1,656
Male Population	876
Female Population	780
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	890
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Rara compares

By the 2011 count Rara is the 44th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 966 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 984.

Getting to Rara

Rara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Rara as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rara from other places

Rara lies about 39 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tanda Urmar, about 9.5 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 Rara
Nearest town	Urmar	9.2 km
Nearest railway station	Tanda Urmar	9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	18 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	39 km

Villages closest to Rara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rara village had a population of 1,656. That makes it the 44th largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Rara village has 876 males and 780 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rara has about 890 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Rara is 144202. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rara covers 966 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rara falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Rara is Tanda Urmar, about 9.5 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Rara.

Rara is about 39 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rara is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Urmar is about 9.2 km away. Tanda Urmar is about 9.5 km away. Dasua is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.