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About Ratawal Village

Ratawal is a small village in Robertsganj tehsil, in the district of Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 99, made up of 55 males and 44 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.14 hectares hectares.

Ratawal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratawal village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Sonbhadra
Tehsil Robertsganj
Area (hectares) 55.14 hectares
Population 99
Male Population 55
Female Population 44
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 800
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 Ratawal compares

By the 2011 count Ratawal is the 658th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents. Its 55.14 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Getting to Ratawal

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

Ratawal lies about 5.7 km from Sonbhadra. 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 Ratawal
Tehsil headquarters Robertsganj 5.7 km
District headquarters Sonbhadra 5.7 km

Villages closest to Ratawal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratawal village had a population of 99. That makes it the 658th largest of the 732 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,032 residents.

Ratawal village has 55 males and 44 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratawal has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 942.

Ratawal covers 55.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ratawal falls under Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district in Uttar Pradesh.

The census record for Ratawal notes the nearest railway station 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 Ratawal.

Ratawal is about 5.7 km from Sonbhadra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratawal is in Robertsganj tehsil of Sonbhadra district. Robertsganj is about 5.7 km away. Sonbhadra is about 5.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hinauti (under 2 km), Barawan (under 2 km) and Barwan (under 2 km).

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

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