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About Rigriga Village

Rigriga is a mid sized village in Kota tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,025, made up of 501 males and 524 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,046 females per 1000 males. The village covers 959.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rigriga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rigriga village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Bilaspur
Tehsil Kota
Pincode 495116
Area (hectares) 959.57 hectares
Population 1,025
Male Population 501
Female Population 524
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,046
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rigriga compares

By the 2011 count Rigriga is the 70th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents. Its 959.57 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

Getting to Rigriga

Rigriga is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rigriga as Available. 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 Rigriga from other places

Rigriga lies about 53 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Tenganmada, about 2.8 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 Rigriga
Nearest railway station Tenganmada 2.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kota 27 km
Nearest town Ratanpur 33 km
District headquarters Bilaspur 53 km

Villages closest to Rigriga

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

Common questions about Rigriga

As per the Census of India 2011, Rigriga village had a population of 1,025. That makes it the 70th largest of the 152 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,127 residents.

Rigriga village has 501 males and 524 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rigriga has about 1046 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 991.

The pincode recorded for Rigriga is 495116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rigriga covers 959.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rigriga falls under Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rigriga is Tenganmada, about 2.8 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 and private bus service as Available within village for Rigriga.

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

Rigriga is in Kota tehsil of Bilaspur district. Tenganmada is about 2.8 km away. Kota is about 27 km away. Ratanpur is about 33 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dandbachhali (under 2 km), Bitkuli (under 2 km) and Tenganmuda (2.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Rigriga today is likely to be higher.

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