About Rahar Village

Rahar is a small village in Jakholi tehsil, in the district of Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 182, made up of 79 males and 103 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,304 females per 1000 males. The village covers 36.15 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246475, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rahar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rahar village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Rudraprayag
Tehsil	Jakholi
Pincode	246475
Area (hectares)	36.15 hectares
Population	182
Male Population	79
Female Population	103
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,304
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rahar compares

By the 2011 count Rahar is the 109th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 464 residents. Its 36.15 hectares work out to about 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1247.

Getting to Rahar

Rahar is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rahar as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Rahar from other places

Rahar lies about 97 km from Rudraprayag, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 23 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 Rahar
Nearest town	Naini Tāl	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Jakholi	20 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	23 km
District headquarters	Rudraprayag	97 km

Villages closest to Rahar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rahar village had a population of 182. That makes it the 109th largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 464 residents.

Rahar village has 79 males and 103 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rahar has about 1304 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1247.

The pincode recorded for Rahar is 246475. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rahar covers 36.15 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.0 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rahar falls under Jakholi tehsil of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rahar is Ramnagar, about 23 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rahar.

Rahar is about 97 km from Rudraprayag in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rahar is in Jakholi tehsil of Rudraprayag district. Naini Tāl is about 12 km away. Jakholi is about 20 km away. Ramnagar is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.