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About Riwagahan Village

Riwagahan is a mid sized village in Dongargarh tehsil, in the district of Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 726, made up of 373 males and 353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 946 females per 1000 males. The village covers 203.01 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 491445, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Riwagahan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Riwagahan village
Description Value
State Chhattisgarh
District Rajnandgaon
Tehsil Dongargarh
Pincode 491445
Area (hectares) 203.01 hectares
Population 726
Male Population 373
Female Population 353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 946
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Riwagahan compares

By the 2011 count Riwagahan is the 94th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 961 residents. Its 203.01 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

Getting to Riwagahan

Riwagahan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Riwagahan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Riwagahan from other places

Riwagahan lies about 25 km from Rajnandgaon, and the nearest railway station is Jatkanhar, about 4.6 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 Riwagahan
Nearest railway station Jatkanhar 4.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Dongargarh 8.5 km
District headquarters Rajnandgaon 25 km

Villages closest to Riwagahan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Riwagahan village had a population of 726. That makes it the 94th largest of the 171 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 961 residents.

Riwagahan village has 373 males and 353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Riwagahan has about 946 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1017.

The pincode recorded for Riwagahan is 491445. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Riwagahan covers 203.01 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Riwagahan falls under Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Riwagahan is Jatkanhar, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Riwagahan.

Riwagahan is about 25 km from Rajnandgaon in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Riwagahan is in Dongargarh tehsil of Rajnandgaon district. Jatkanhar is about 4.6 km away. Dongargarh is about 8.5 km away. Rajnandgaon is about 25 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Katalwahi (under 2 km), Kolendra (2.2 km) and Deokatta (2.6 km).

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

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