About Rissa Village

Rissa is a small village in Bhadrota tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 392, made up of 210 males and 182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 867 females per 1000 males. The village covers 217.31 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rissa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rissa village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Tehsil	Bhadrota
Pincode	175024
Area (hectares)	217.31 hectares
Population	392
Male Population	210
Female Population	182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	867
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rissa compares

By the 2011 count Rissa is the 11th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 234 residents. Its 217.31 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

Getting to Rissa

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

Rissa lies about 15 km from Mandi, and the nearest railway station is Joginder Nagar, about 29 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 Rissa
Tehsil headquarters	Bhadrota	6.3 km
District headquarters	Mandi	15 km
Nearest railway station	Joginder Nagar	29 km

Villages closest to Rissa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rissa village had a population of 392. That makes it the 11th largest of the 90 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 234 residents.

Rissa village has 210 males and 182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rissa has about 867 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1032.

The pincode recorded for Rissa is 175024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rissa covers 217.31 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rissa falls under Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rissa is Joginder Nagar, about 29 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 village for Rissa.

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

Rissa is in Bhadrota tehsil of Mandi district. Bhadrota is about 6.3 km away. Mandi is about 15 km away. Joginder Nagar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.