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About Rantola Village

Rantola is a mid sized village in Dudhi tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,009, made up of 525 males and 484 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 496.82 hectares hectares.

Rantola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rantola village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Dudhi
Area (hectares) 496.82 hectares
Population 1,009
Male Population 525
Female Population 484
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Rantola compares

By the 2011 count Rantola is the 149th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents. Its 496.82 hectares work out to about 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Rantola

Rantola 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 Rantola 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 Rantola from other places

Rantola lies about 54 km from Sonbhadra, and the nearest railway station is Muirpur Road, 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 Rantola
Nearest railway station Muirpur Road under 2 km
Nearest town Renukūt 6.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Dudhi 14 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 54 km

Villages closest to Rantola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rantola village had a population of 1,009. That makes it the 149th largest of the 273 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,753 residents.

Rantola village has 525 males and 484 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rantola has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 943.

Rantola covers 496.82 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rantola falls under Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rantola is Muirpur Road, 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 Rantola.

Rantola is about 54 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rantola is in Dudhi tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Muirpur Road is about under 2 km away. Renukūt is about 6.7 km away. Dudhi 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 Khairahi (4.4 km), Kirawani (4.4 km) and Govindpur (4.6 km).

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

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