About Richhara Village

Richhara is a mid sized village in Ghuwara tehsil, in the district of Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 682, made up of 391 males and 291 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 744 females per 1000 males. The village covers 292.5 hectares hectares.

Richhara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Richhara village
Description	Value
State	Madhya Pradesh
District	Chhatarpur
Tehsil	Ghuwara
Area (hectares)	292.5 hectares
Population	682
Male Population	391
Female Population	291
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	744
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Richhara compares

By the 2011 count Richhara is the 40th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents. Its 292.5 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 871.

Getting to Richhara

Richhara is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Richhara as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ 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 Richhara from other places

Richhara lies about 62 km from Chhatarpur, and the nearest railway station is Sarkanpur, about 35 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 Richhara
Tehsil headquarters	Ghuwara	8.1 km
Nearest railway station	Sarkanpur	35 km
Nearest town	Bijāwar	36 km
District headquarters	Chhatarpur	62 km

Villages closest to Richhara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Richhara village had a population of 682. That makes it the 40th largest of the 53 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,608 residents.

Richhara village has 391 males and 291 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Richhara has about 744 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 871.

Richhara covers 292.5 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Richhara falls under Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Richhara is Sarkanpur, about 35 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Richhara.

Richhara is about 62 km from Chhatarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Richhara is in Ghuwara tehsil of Chhatarpur district. Ghuwara is about 8.1 km away. Sarkanpur is about 35 km away. Bijāwar is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.