About Rura Village

Rura is a small village in Akbarpur tehsil, in the district of Kanpur Dehat, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 124, made up of 55 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,255 females per 1000 males. The village covers 397.46 hectares hectares.

Rura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rura village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Kanpur Dehat
Tehsil	Akbarpur
Area (hectares)	397.46 hectares
Population	124
Male Population	55
Female Population	69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,255
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Rura compares

By the 2011 count Rura is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents. Its 397.46 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 868.

Getting to Rura

Rura 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 Rura 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 Rura from other places

Rura lies about 8.8 km from Kanpur Dehat, and the nearest railway station is Rura, about under 2 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 Rura
Nearest railway station	Rura	under 2 km
District headquarters	Kanpur Dehat	8.8 km
Tehsil headquarters	Akbarpur	13 km
Nearest town	Jhīnjhak	18 km

Villages closest to Rura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rura village had a population of 124. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,782 residents.

Rura village has 55 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rura has about 1255 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 868.

Rura covers 397.46 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rura falls under Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rura is Rura, about under 2 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 Rura.

Rura is about 8.8 km from Kanpur Dehat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rura is in Akbarpur tehsil of Kanpur Dehat district. Rura is about under 2 km away. Kanpur Dehat is about 8.8 km away. Akbarpur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.