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About Ratora Village

Ratora is a small village in Garud tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 149, made up of 69 males and 80 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,159 females per 1000 males. The village covers 56.87 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263641, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratora Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratora village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Bageshwar
Tehsil Garud
Pincode 263641
Area (hectares) 56.87 hectares
Population 149
Male Population 69
Female Population 80
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,159
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratora compares

By the 2011 count Ratora is the 135th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 367 residents. Its 56.87 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1174.

Getting to Ratora

Ratora is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ratora 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ratora from other places

Ratora lies about 3.1 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 67 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 Ratora
Tehsil headquarters Garud 3.1 km
District headquarters Bageshwar 3.1 km
Nearest town Almora 29 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 67 km

Villages closest to Ratora

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratora village had a population of 149. That makes it the 135th largest of the 187 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 367 residents.

Ratora village has 69 males and 80 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratora has about 1159 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1174.

The pincode recorded for Ratora is 263641. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratora covers 56.87 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ratora falls under Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ratora is Kathgodam, about 67 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ratora.

Ratora is about 3.1 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratora is in Garud tehsil of Bageshwar district. Garud is about 3.1 km away. Bageshwar is about 3.1 km away. Almora is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Borgaon (2.8 km), Parigaon (2.9 km) and Baret (3.4 km).

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

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