About Rahir Village

Rahir is a mid sized village in Sapotra tehsil, in the district of Karauli, Rajasthan. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,649, made up of 931 males and 718 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 771 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4629.28 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 322243, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rahir Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rahir village
Description	Value
State	Rajasthan
District	Karauli
Tehsil	Sapotra
Pincode	322243
Area (hectares)	4629.28 hectares
Population	1,649
Male Population	931
Female Population	718
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	771
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Rahir compares

By the 2011 count Rahir is the 34th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents. Its 4629.28 hectares work out to about 0.4 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 836.

Getting to Rahir

Rahir 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 Rahir 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rahir from other places

Rahir lies about 26 km from Karauli, and the nearest railway station is Birpur, about 21 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 Rahir
Nearest railway station	Birpur	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sapotra	24 km
District headquarters	Karauli	26 km

Villages closest to Rahir

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rahir village had a population of 1,649. That makes it the 34th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,210 residents.

Rahir village has 931 males and 718 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rahir has about 771 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 836.

The pincode recorded for Rahir is 322243. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rahir covers 4629.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rahir falls under Sapotra tehsil of Karauli district in Rajasthan.

The nearest railway station to Rahir is Birpur, about 21 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rahir.

Rahir is about 26 km from Karauli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rahir is in Sapotra tehsil of Karauli district. Birpur is about 21 km away. Sapotra is about 24 km away. Karauli is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.