About Riwagohan Village

Riwagohan is a mid sized village in Dongargaon tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 900, made up of 447 males and 453 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. The village covers 210.88 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Riwagohan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Riwagohan village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Rajnandgaon
Tehsil	Dongargaon
Pincode	491661
Area (hectares)	210.88 hectares
Population	900
Male Population	447
Female Population	453
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Riwagohan compares

By the 2011 count Riwagohan is the 61st largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents. Its 210.88 hectares work out to about 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

Getting to Riwagohan

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

Riwagohan lies about 15 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Bakal, about 15 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 Riwagohan
Tehsil headquarters	Dongargaon	9.7 km
District headquarters	Rajnandgaon	15 km
Nearest railway station	Bakal	15 km
Nearest town	Rāj-Nāndgaon	15 km

Villages closest to Riwagohan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Riwagohan village had a population of 900. That makes it the 61st largest of the 107 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,092 residents.

Riwagohan village has 447 males and 453 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Riwagohan has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1005.

The pincode recorded for Riwagohan is 491661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Riwagohan covers 210.88 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Riwagohan falls under Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Riwagohan is Bakal, about 15 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 Riwagohan.

Riwagohan is about 15 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Riwagohan is in Dongargaon tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Dongargaon is about 9.7 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 15 km away. Bakal is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.