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About Riah Village

Riah is a small village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 99, made up of 47 males and 52 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,106 females per 1000 males. The village covers 147.25 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Riah Overview

Census 2011 figures for Riah village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Hamirpur
Tehsil Tira Sujanpur
Pincode 176110
Area (hectares) 147.25 hectares
Population 99
Male Population 47
Female Population 52
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,106
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Riah compares

By the 2011 count Riah is the 113th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 147.25 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

Getting to Riah

Riah is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Riah as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Riah from other places

Riah lies about 40 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Jawalamukhi Road, about 8.4 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 Riah
Nearest railway station Jawalamukhi Road 8.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Tira Sujanpur 25 km
Nearest town Dharamsala 26 km
District headquarters Hamirpur 40 km

Villages closest to Riah

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tira Sujanpur 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 Riah

As per the Census of India 2011, Riah village had a population of 99. That makes it the 113th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Riah village has 47 males and 52 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Riah has about 1106 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Riah is 176110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Riah covers 147.25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Riah falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Riah is Jawalamukhi Road, about 8.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Riah.

Riah is about 40 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Riah is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Jawalamukhi Road is about 8.4 km away. Tira Sujanpur is about 25 km away. Dharamsala is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ghandholi (3.0 km), Ghian (3.0 km) and Khanoli (5.1 km).

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

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