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About Ritha Village

Ritha is a small village in Kinwat tehsil, in the district of Nanded, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 408, made up of 220 males and 188 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 2404.86 hectares hectares.

Ritha Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ritha village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Nanded
Tehsil Kinwat
Area (hectares) 2404.86 hectares
Population 408
Male Population 220
Female Population 188
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 855
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ritha compares

By the 2011 count Ritha is the 150th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,173 residents. Its 2404.86 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Ritha

Ritha is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ritha as Available within 5 - 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 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ritha from other places

Ritha lies about 86 km from Nanded, and the nearest railway station is Mahimba, about 1.8 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 Ritha
Nearest railway station Mahimba 1.8 km
Tehsil headquarters Kinwat 25 km
District headquarters Nanded 86 km

Villages closest to Ritha

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ritha village had a population of 408. That makes it the 150th largest of the 170 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,173 residents.

Ritha village has 220 males and 188 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ritha has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 968.

Ritha covers 2404.86 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ritha falls under Kinwat tehsil of Nanded district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Ritha is Mahimba, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ritha.

Ritha is about 86 km from Nanded in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ritha is in Kinwat tehsil of Nanded district. Mahimba is about 1.8 km away. Kinwat is about 25 km away. Nanded is about 86 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ritha Tanda (under 2 km), Sowargaon Tanda (2.9 km) and Sawargaon (3.4 km).

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

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