About Rithuwa Village

Rithuwa is a large village in Handia tehsil, in the district of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,358, made up of 1,198 males and 1,160 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 968 females per 1000 males. The village covers 229.12 hectares hectares.

How Rithuwa compares

By the 2011 count Rithuwa is the 114th largest of the 600 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,517 residents. Its 229.12 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, much in line with the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Rithuwa

Rithuwa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Rithuwa as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Rithuwa from other places

Rithuwa lies about 42 km from Allahabad, and the nearest railway station is Sarai Kansrai, about 9.6 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.

Villages closest to Rithuwa

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

• Pure Dih under 2 km
• Pure Jaysingh under 2 km
• Pure Upadyay under 2 km
• Golawa under 2 km
• Pure Misir under 2 km
• Bariyanwa 1.7 km

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.