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About Ruknapur Village

Ruknapur is a mid sized village in Lakhimpur tehsil, in the district of Kheri, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,703, made up of 903 males and 800 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 326.43 hectares hectares.

Ruknapur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ruknapur village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Kheri
Tehsil Lakhimpur
Area (hectares) 326.43 hectares
Population 1,703
Male Population 903
Female Population 800
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 886
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ruknapur compares

By the 2011 count Ruknapur is the 216th largest of the 459 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents. Its 326.43 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Getting to Ruknapur

Ruknapur is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Ruknapur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Ruknapur from other places

Ruknapur lies about 14 km from Kheri, and the nearest railway station is Kadipur Sani Halt, about 12 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 Ruknapur
Nearest town Lāharpur 11 km
Nearest railway station Kadipur Sani Halt 12 km
District headquarters Kheri 14 km
Tehsil headquarters Lakhimpur 19 km

Villages closest to Ruknapur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ruknapur village had a population of 1,703. That makes it the 216th largest of the 459 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,010 residents.

Ruknapur village has 903 males and 800 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ruknapur has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 892.

Ruknapur covers 326.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ruknapur falls under Lakhimpur tehsil of Kheri district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ruknapur is Kadipur Sani Halt, about 12 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 <5 km distance for Ruknapur.

Ruknapur is about 14 km from Kheri in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ruknapur is in Lakhimpur tehsil of Kheri district. Lāharpur is about 11 km away. Kadipur Sani Halt is about 12 km away. Kheri is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ganeshpur (2.1 km), Adharpur (2.7 km) and Behra (3.1 km).

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

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