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About Richhai Village

Richhai is a mid sized village in Sagar tehsil, in the district of Sagar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,036, made up of 560 males and 476 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 850 females per 1000 males. The village covers 578.3 hectares hectares.

Richhai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Richhai village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Sagar
Tehsil Sagar
Area (hectares) 578.3 hectares
Population 1,036
Male Population 560
Female Population 476
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 850
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Richhai compares

By the 2011 count Richhai is the 132nd largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents. Its 578.3 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Getting to Richhai

Richhai is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Richhai as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Richhai from other places

Richhai lies about 22 km from Sagar, and the nearest railway station is Makronia, 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 Richhai
Nearest town Banda 14 km
Nearest railway station Makronia 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Sagar 22 km

Villages closest to Richhai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Richhai village had a population of 1,036. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 342 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,167 residents.

Richhai village has 560 males and 476 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Richhai has about 850 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 884.

Richhai covers 578.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

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

The nearest railway station to Richhai is Makronia, 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Richhai.

Richhai is about 22 km from Sagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Richhai is in Sagar tehsil of Sagar district. Banda is about 14 km away. Makronia is about 17 km away. Sagar is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Hanota Dugaha (4.1 km), Hanota Khurd (4.1 km) and Godai (5.5 km).

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

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