About Riar Village

Riar is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 958, made up of 512 males and 446 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 871 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Riar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Riar village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143606
Area (hectares)	212 hectares
Population	958
Male Population	512
Female Population	446
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	871
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Riar compares

By the 2011 count Riar is the 166th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 212 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Riar

Riar is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Riar as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. The nearest villages by name are Rakh Kohali, Rakh Othian, Ramdas and Ranewali. 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.

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Common questions about Riar

As per the Census of India 2011, Riar village had a population of 958. That makes it the 166th largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Riar village has 512 males and 446 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Riar has about 871 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Riar is 143606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Riar covers 212 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Riar falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

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

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Riar.

Riar is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar 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.