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About Richa Village

Richa is a large village in Faridpur tehsil, in the district of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,047, made up of 1,067 males and 980 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 918 females per 1000 males. The village covers 433.06 hectares hectares.

Richa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Richa village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Bareilly
Tehsil Faridpur
Area (hectares) 433.06 hectares
Population 2,047
Male Population 1,067
Female Population 980
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 918
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Richa compares

By the 2011 count Richa is the 47th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents. Its 433.06 hectares work out to about 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 857.

Getting to Richa

Richa is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Richa 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 Richa from other places

Richa lies about 17 km from Bareilly, and the nearest railway station is Rasuriya, about 15 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 Richa
Nearest railway station Rasuriya 15 km
Tehsil headquarters Faridpur 16 km
Nearest town Farīdpur 16 km
District headquarters Bareilly 17 km

Villages closest to Richa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Richa village had a population of 2,047. That makes it the 47th largest of the 328 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,171 residents.

Richa village has 1,067 males and 980 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Richa has about 918 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is well above the tehsil average of 857.

Richa covers 433.06 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Richa falls under Faridpur tehsil of Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Richa is Rasuriya, about 15 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Richa.

Richa is about 17 km from Bareilly in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Richa is in Faridpur tehsil of Bareilly district. Rasuriya is about 15 km away. Faridpur is about 16 km away. Farīdpur is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Udaipur Ganesh Khera (under 2 km), Umedpur Bhuta (under 2 km) and Ganesh Khera (1.5 km).

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

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