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About Richahra Village

Richahra is a mid sized village in Kalpi tehsil, in the district of Jalaun, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 762, made up of 407 males and 355 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 285130, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Richahra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Richahra village
Description Value
State Uttar Pradesh
District Jalaun
Tehsil Kalpi
Pincode 285130
Area (hectares) 258.4 hectares
Population 762
Male Population 407
Female Population 355
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Richahra compares

By the 2011 count Richahra is the 142nd largest of the 194 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,562 residents. Its 258.4 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 846.

Getting to Richahra

Richahra is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Richahra as Available within 10+ 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. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Richahra from other places

Richahra lies about 22 km from Jalaun, and the nearest railway station is Ata, about 17 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 Richahra
Nearest railway station Ata 17 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalpi 20 km
Nearest town Kālpi 20 km
District headquarters Jalaun 22 km

Villages closest to Richahra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Richahra village had a population of 762. That makes it the 142nd largest of the 194 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,562 residents.

Richahra village has 407 males and 355 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Richahra has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 846.

The pincode recorded for Richahra is 285130. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Richahra covers 258.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Richahra falls under Kalpi tehsil of Jalaun district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Richahra is Ata, about 17 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Richahra.

Richahra is about 22 km from Jalaun in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Richahra is in Kalpi tehsil of Jalaun district. Ata is about 17 km away. Kalpi is about 20 km away. Kālpi is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Tandua (under 2 km), Danda (2.7 km) and Niamatpur (3.1 km).

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

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