About Risekela Village

Risekela is a mid sized village in Saraipali tehsil, in the district of Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 895, made up of 436 males and 459 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,053 females per 1000 males. The village covers 263.7 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 493558, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Risekela Overview

Census 2011 figures for Risekela village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Mahasamund
Tehsil	Saraipali
Pincode	493558
Area (hectares)	263.7 hectares
Population	895
Male Population	436
Female Population	459
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,053
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Risekela compares

By the 2011 count Risekela is the 69th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 750 residents. Its 263.7 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

Getting to Risekela

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

Risekela lies about 103 km from Mahasamund, and the nearest railway station is Barpali, about 63 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 Risekela
Tehsil headquarters	Saraipali	10 km
Nearest railway station	Barpali	63 km
District headquarters	Mahasamund	103 km

Villages closest to Risekela

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Risekela village had a population of 895. That makes it the 69th largest of the 224 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 750 residents.

Risekela village has 436 males and 459 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Risekela has about 1053 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1018.

The pincode recorded for Risekela is 493558. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Risekela covers 263.7 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Risekela falls under Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Risekela is Barpali, about 63 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 Risekela.

Risekela is about 103 km from Mahasamund in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Risekela is in Saraipali tehsil of Mahasamund district. Saraipali is about 10 km away. Barpali is about 63 km away. Mahasamund is about 103 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.