About Rayat Village

Rayat is a large village in Gabhana tehsil, in the district of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,851, made up of 2,549 males and 2,302 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 511.79 hectares hectares.

Rayat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rayat village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Aligarh
Tehsil	Gabhana
Area (hectares)	511.79 hectares
Population	4,851
Male Population	2,549
Female Population	2,302
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Rayat compares

By the 2011 count Rayat is the 11th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents. Its 511.79 hectares work out to about 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

Getting to Rayat

Rayat 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 Rayat as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. 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 Rayat from other places

Rayat lies about 15 km from Aligarh, and the nearest railway station is Kulwa, about 5.8 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 Rayat
Nearest railway station	Kulwa	5.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gabhana	9.4 km
Nearest town	Khair	11 km
District headquarters	Aligarh	15 km

Villages closest to Rayat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rayat village had a population of 4,851. That makes it the 11th largest of the 153 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,953 residents.

Rayat village has 2,549 males and 2,302 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rayat has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 881.

Rayat covers 511.79 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.5 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Rayat falls under Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rayat is Kulwa, about 5.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Rayat.

Rayat is about 15 km from Aligarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rayat is in Gabhana tehsil of Aligarh district. Kulwa is about 5.8 km away. Gabhana is about 9.4 km away. Khair is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.