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About Richhoura Village

Richhoura is a mid sized village in Bhander tehsil, in the district of Datia, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,307, made up of 707 males and 600 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 849 females per 1000 males. The village covers 277.59 hectares hectares.

Richhoura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Richhoura village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Datia
Tehsil Bhander
Area (hectares) 277.59 hectares
Population 1,307
Male Population 707
Female Population 600
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 849
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Richhoura compares

By the 2011 count Richhoura is the 26th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 962 residents. Its 277.59 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Richhoura

Richhoura is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Richhoura as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Richhoura from other places

Richhoura lies about 31 km from Datia, and the nearest railway station is Kotra, about 27 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 Richhoura
Nearest town Indargarh 5.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Bhander 24 km
Nearest railway station Kotra 27 km
District headquarters Datia 31 km

Villages closest to Richhoura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Richhoura village had a population of 1,307. That makes it the 26th largest of the 140 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 962 residents.

Richhoura village has 707 males and 600 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Richhoura has about 849 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 876.

Richhoura covers 277.59 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Richhoura falls under Bhander tehsil of Datia district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Richhoura is Kotra, about 27 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 <5 km distance for Richhoura.

Richhoura is about 31 km from Datia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Richhoura is in Bhander tehsil of Datia district. Indargarh is about 5.9 km away. Bhander is about 24 km away. Kotra is about 27 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ahroni (3.2 km), Bhalka (3.4 km) and Baghanpura (3.7 km).

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

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