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About Rasara Village

Rasara is a mid sized village in Mehnagar tehsil, in the district of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,105, made up of 552 males and 553 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,002 females per 1000 males. The village covers 224.6 hectares hectares.

Rasara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rasara village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Azamgarh
Tehsil Mehnagar
Area (hectares) 224.6 hectares
Population 1,105
Male Population 552
Female Population 553
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,002
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rasara compares

By the 2011 count Rasara is the 125th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents. Its 224.6 hectares work out to about 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Getting to Rasara

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

Rasara lies about 30 km from Azamgarh, and the nearest railway station is Jakhanian, about 15 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 Rasara
Nearest railway station Jakhanian 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Mehnagar 15 km
Nearest town Lalganj 24 km
District headquarters Azamgarh 30 km

Villages closest to Rasara

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

Common questions about Rasara

As per the Census of India 2011, Rasara village had a population of 1,105. That makes it the 125th largest of the 287 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,317 residents.

Rasara village has 552 males and 553 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rasara has about 1002 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1048.

Rasara covers 224.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rasara falls under Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rasara is Jakhanian, about 15 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 Rasara.

Rasara is about 30 km from Azamgarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rasara is in Mehnagar tehsil of Azamgarh district. Jakhanian is about 15 km away. Mehnagar is about 15 km away. Lalganj is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gopalpur (under 2 km), Parsottampur (under 2 km) and Chaimalpah (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Rasara today is likely to be higher.

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