About Rihawan Village

Rihawan is a small village in Arki tehsil, in the district of Solan, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 54, made up of 26 males and 28 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,077 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 173221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rihawan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rihawan village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Solan
Tehsil	Arki
Pincode	173221
Area (hectares)	29 hectares
Population	54
Male Population	26
Female Population	28
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,077
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rihawan compares

By the 2011 count Rihawan is the 214th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 181 residents. Its 29 hectares work out to about 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

Getting to Rihawan

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

Rihawan lies about 49 km from Solan, and the nearest railway station is Kiratpur Sahib, about 17 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 Rihawan
Nearest railway station	Kiratpur Sahib	17 km
Tehsil headquarters	Arki	22 km
Nearest town	Baddi	29 km
District headquarters	Solan	49 km

Villages closest to Rihawan

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rihawan village had a population of 54. That makes it the 214th largest of the 290 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 181 residents.

Rihawan village has 26 males and 28 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rihawan has about 1077 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1020.

The pincode recorded for Rihawan is 173221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rihawan covers 29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.9 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rihawan falls under Arki tehsil of Solan district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rihawan is Kiratpur Sahib, about 17 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 Rihawan.

Rihawan is about 49 km from Solan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rihawan is in Arki tehsil of Solan district. Kiratpur Sahib is about 17 km away. Arki is about 22 km away. Baddi is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.