About Ratura Village

Ratura is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 433, made up of 193 males and 240 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,244 females per 1000 males. The village covers 196.44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratura village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246446
Area (hectares)	196.44 hectares
Population	433
Male Population	193
Female Population	240
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,244
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 Ratura compares

By the 2011 count Ratura is the 20th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 196.44 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Ratura

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

Ratura lies about 23 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 88 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 Ratura
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	7.7 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	23 km
Nearest town	Srīnagar	46 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	88 km

Villages closest to Ratura

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

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Common questions about Ratura

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratura village had a population of 433. That makes it the 20th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Ratura village has 193 males and 240 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratura has about 1244 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Ratura is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratura covers 196.44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ratura falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ratura is Kotdwara, about 88 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 Ratura.

Ratura is about 23 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratura is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 7.7 km away. Chamoli is about 23 km away. Srīnagar is about 46 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.