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About Rihuta Village

Rihuta is a mid sized village in Pawai tehsil, in the district of Panna, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,224, made up of 631 males and 593 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 799.45 hectares hectares.

Rihuta Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rihuta village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Panna
Tehsil Pawai
Area (hectares) 799.45 hectares
Population 1,224
Male Population 631
Female Population 593
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 940
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rihuta compares

By the 2011 count Rihuta is the 39th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 894 residents. Its 799.45 hectares work out to about 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 909.

Getting to Rihuta

Rihuta is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rihuta as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Rihuta from other places

Rihuta lies about 53 km from Panna, and the nearest railway station is Rithi, about 41 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 Rihuta
Tehsil headquarters Pawai 11 km
Nearest railway station Rithi 41 km
Nearest town Hatta 48 km
District headquarters Panna 53 km

Villages closest to Rihuta

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rihuta village had a population of 1,224. That makes it the 39th largest of the 168 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 894 residents.

Rihuta village has 631 males and 593 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rihuta has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 909.

Rihuta covers 799.45 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rihuta falls under Pawai tehsil of Panna district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rihuta is Rithi, about 41 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 village for Rihuta.

Rihuta is about 53 km from Panna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rihuta is in Pawai tehsil of Panna district. Pawai is about 11 km away. Rithi is about 41 km away. Hatta is about 48 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hathkuri (2.3 km), Kumhari (2.3 km) and Mihgawan Kalan (2.7 km).

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

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