About Retasa Village

Retasa is a small village in Mankapur tehsil, in the district of Gonda, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 225, made up of 123 males and 102 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 829 females per 1000 males. The village covers 40.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 271302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Retasa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Retasa village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Gonda
Tehsil	Mankapur
Pincode	271302
Area (hectares)	40.44 hectares
Population	225
Male Population	123
Female Population	102
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	829
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Retasa compares

By the 2011 count Retasa is the 424th largest of the 460 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents. Its 40.44 hectares work out to about 5.6 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 953.

Getting to Retasa

Retasa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Retasa as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Retasa from other places

Retasa lies about 36 km from Gonda, and the nearest railway station is Lakhpat Nagar, about 3.3 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 Retasa
Nearest railway station	Lakhpat Nagar	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mankapur	7.3 km
Nearest town	Ayodhya	29 km
District headquarters	Gonda	36 km

Villages closest to Retasa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Retasa village had a population of 225. That makes it the 424th largest of the 460 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,331 residents.

Retasa village has 123 males and 102 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Retasa has about 829 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Retasa is 271302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Retasa covers 40.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Retasa falls under Mankapur tehsil of Gonda district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Retasa is Lakhpat Nagar, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Retasa.

Retasa is about 36 km from Gonda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Retasa is in Mankapur tehsil of Gonda district. Lakhpat Nagar is about 3.3 km away. Mankapur is about 7.3 km away. Ayodhya is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.