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About Rakhia Khurd Village

Rakhia Khurd is a small village in Powayan tehsil, in the district of Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 329, made up of 169 males and 160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 947 females per 1000 males. The village covers 70.98 hectares hectares.

Rakhia Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rakhia Khurd village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Shahjahanpur
Tehsil Powayan
Area (hectares) 70.98 hectares
Population 329
Male Population 169
Female Population 160
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 947
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 Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Rakhia Khurd is the 512th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 941 residents. Its 70.98 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 894.

Getting to Rakhia Khurd

Rakhia Khurd is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rakhia Khurd 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 Khurd from other places

Rakhia Khurd lies about 15 km from Shahjahanpur, and the nearest railway station is Areli, about 3.4 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 Khurd
Nearest railway station Areli 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Powayan 15 km
District headquarters Shahjahanpur 15 km
Nearest town Shāhjānpur 15 km

Villages closest to Rakhia Khurd

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 Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Rakhia Khurd village had a population of 329. That makes it the 512th largest of the 658 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 941 residents.

Rakhia Khurd village has 169 males and 160 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rakhia Khurd has about 947 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 894.

Rakhia Khurd covers 70.98 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

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

The nearest railway station to Rakhia Khurd is Areli, about 3.4 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 Khurd.

Rakhia Khurd is about 15 km from Shahjahanpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rakhia Khurd is in Powayan tehsil of Shahjahanpur district. Areli is about 3.4 km away. Powayan is about 15 km away. Shahjahanpur is about 15 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 Bujurg (under 2 km), Ram Sagar (under 2 km) and Fattepur Bujurg (under 2 km).

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

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