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About Rakhia Bujurg Village

Rakhia Bujurg is a mid sized village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 726, made up of 402 males and 324 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 806 females per 1000 males. The village covers 144.32 hectares hectares.

Rakhia Bujurg Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakhia Bujurg village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 144.32 hectares
Population 726
Male Population 402
Female Population 324
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 806
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rakhia Bujurg compares

By the 2011 count Rakhia Bujurg is the 332nd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 144.32 hectares work out to about 5.0 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 894.

Getting to Rakhia Bujurg

Rakhia Bujurg is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rakhia Bujurg as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Rakhia Bujurg from other places

Rakhia Bujurg lies about 16 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Areli, about 3.9 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 Rakhia Bujurg
Nearest railway station Areli 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 16 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 16 km
Nearest town Shāhjānpur 16 km

Villages closest to Rakhia Bujurg

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Powayan 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 Rakhia Bujurg

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakhia Bujurg village had a population of 726. That makes it the 332nd largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Rakhia Bujurg village has 402 males and 324 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakhia Bujurg has about 806 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 894.

Rakhia Bujurg covers 144.32 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rakhia Bujurg falls under Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rakhia Bujurg is Areli, about 3.9 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 10+ km distance for Rakhia Bujurg.

Rakhia Bujurg is about 16 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakhia Bujurg is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Areli is about 3.9 km away. Powayan is about 16 km away. Shahjahanpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rakhia Khurd (under 2 km), Ram Sagar (under 2 km) and Gurghiya (under 2 km).

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

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