About Rupau Village

Rupau is a mid sized village in Kalsi tehsil, in the district of Dehradun, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 627, made up of 336 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 866 females per 1000 males. The village covers 395.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248158, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rupau Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rupau village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Dehradun
Tehsil	Kalsi
Pincode	248158
Area (hectares)	395.27 hectares
Population	627
Male Population	336
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	866
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rupau compares

By the 2011 count Rupau is the 13th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 282 residents. Its 395.27 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 948.

Getting to Rupau

Rupau is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rupau as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Rupau from other places

Rupau lies about 37 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 Rupau
Tehsil headquarters	Kalsi	7.5 km
Nearest town	Pāonta Sāhib	22 km
District headquarters	Dehradun	37 km

Villages closest to Rupau

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rupau village had a population of 627. That makes it the 13th largest of the 167 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 282 residents.

Rupau village has 336 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rupau has about 866 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 948.

The pincode recorded for Rupau is 248158. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rupau covers 395.27 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.

Rupau falls under Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district in Uttarakhand.

The census record for Rupau notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rupau.

Rupau is about 37 km from Dehradun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rupau is in Kalsi tehsil of Dehradun district. Kalsi is about 7.5 km away. Pāonta Sāhib is about 22 km away. Dehradun is about 37 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.