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About Riktoli Village

Riktoli is a small village in Chiplun tehsil, in the district of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 289, made up of 139 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,079 females per 1000 males. The village covers 534 hectares hectares.

Riktoli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Riktoli village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Ratnagiri
Tehsil Chiplun
Area (hectares) 534 hectares
Population 289
Male Population 139
Female Population 150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,079
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Riktoli compares

By the 2011 count Riktoli is the 156th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents. Its 534 hectares work out to about 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Getting to Riktoli

Riktoli is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Riktoli as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Posare, Radhanagar, Rampur and Raulgaon. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

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 Riktoli

As per the Census of India 2011, Riktoli village had a population of 289. That makes it the 156th largest of the 164 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,290 residents.

Riktoli village has 139 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Riktoli has about 1079 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1147.

Riktoli covers 534 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Riktoli falls under Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra.

The census record for Riktoli notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Riktoli.

Riktoli is in Chiplun tehsil of Ratnagiri district. The district and tehsil pages linked from here list the neighbouring villages, which is usually the quickest way to place it on a map.

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

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