About Rawana Village

Rawana is a small village in Chakrata tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 303, made up of 166 males and 137 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 193.03 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248124, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rawana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rawana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Chakrata
Pincode	248124
Area (hectares)	193.03 hectares
Population	303
Male Population	166
Female Population	137
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	825
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 Rawana compares

By the 2011 count Rawana is the 61st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 401 residents. Its 193.03 hectares work out to about 1.6 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 953.

Getting to Rawana

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

Rawana lies about 41 km from Dehradun. 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 Rawana
Tehsil headquarters	Chakrata	4.8 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	30 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	41 km

Villages closest to Rawana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rawana village had a population of 303. That makes it the 61st largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 401 residents.

Rawana village has 166 males and 137 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rawana has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 953.

The pincode recorded for Rawana is 248124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rawana covers 193.03 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rawana falls under Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Rawana 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 Rawana.

Rawana is about 41 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rawana is in Chakrata tehsil of Dehradun district. Chakrata is about 4.8 km away. Mussoorie is about 30 km away. Dehradun is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.