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About Richhai Sagar Village

Richhai Sagar is a small village in Banda tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 466, made up of 235 males and 231 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 983 females per 1000 males. The village covers 338.37 hectares hectares.

Richhai Sagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Richhai Sagar village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Banda
Area (hectares) 338.37 hectares
Population 466
Male Population 235
Female Population 231
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 983
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Richhai Sagar compares

By the 2011 count Richhai Sagar is the 115th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents. Its 338.37 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 893.

Getting to Richhai Sagar

Richhai Sagar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Richhai Sagar as Available within 5 - 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 Richhai Sagar from other places

Richhai Sagar lies about 29 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Lidhora Khurd, about 21 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 Richhai Sagar
Tehsil headquarters Banda 4.6 km
Nearest railway station Lidhora Khurd 21 km
District headquarters Sagar 29 km

Villages closest to Richhai Sagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Banda 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 Richhai Sagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Richhai Sagar village had a population of 466. That makes it the 115th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,047 residents.

Richhai Sagar village has 235 males and 231 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Richhai Sagar has about 983 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, well above the tehsil average of 893.

Richhai Sagar covers 338.37 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Richhai Sagar falls under Banda tehsil of Sagar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Richhai Sagar is Lidhora Khurd, about 21 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Richhai Sagar.

Richhai Sagar is about 29 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Richhai Sagar is in Banda tehsil of Sagar district. Banda is about 4.6 km away. Lidhora Khurd is about 21 km away. Sagar is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Richhai Bineka (under 2 km), Kanti (under 2 km) and Salaiya Bineka (under 2 km).

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

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