About Rala Village

Rala is a small village in Mori tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 132, made up of 70 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212.93 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249128, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rala Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rala village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Mori
Pincode	249128
Area (hectares)	212.93 hectares
Population	132
Male Population	70
Female Population	62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
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 Rala compares

By the 2011 count Rala is the 86th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 408 residents. Its 212.93 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 936.

Getting to Rala

Rala is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rala 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 Rala from other places

Rala lies about 53 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 96 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 Rala
Tehsil headquarters	Mori	23 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	53 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	80 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	96 km

Villages closest to Rala

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rala village had a population of 132. That makes it the 86th largest of the 98 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 408 residents.

Rala village has 70 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rala has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 936.

The pincode recorded for Rala is 249128. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rala covers 212.93 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rala falls under Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rala is Dehradun, about 96 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 Rala.

Rala is about 53 km from Uttarkashi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rala is in Mori tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Mori is about 23 km away. Uttarkashi is about 53 km away. Mussoorie is about 80 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.