About Riyan Village

Riyan is a mid sized village in Garautha tehsil, in the district of Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,598, made up of 866 males and 732 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 845 females per 1000 males. The village covers 573.28 hectares hectares.

Riyan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Riyan village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Jhansi
Tehsil	Garautha
Area (hectares)	573.28 hectares
Population	1,598
Male Population	866
Female Population	732
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	845
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available
Nearest Railway Station	Available

How Riyan compares

By the 2011 count Riyan is the 43rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents. Its 573.28 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 864.

Getting to Riyan

Riyan is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Riyan as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Riyan from other places

Riyan lies about 69 km from Jhansi, and the nearest railway station is Parauna, about 16 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 Riyan
Nearest town	Gursarāi	13 km
Nearest railway station	Parauna	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Garautha	21 km
District headquarters	Jhansi	69 km

Villages closest to Riyan

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

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Common questions about Riyan

As per the Census of India 2011, Riyan village had a population of 1,598. That makes it the 43rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,357 residents.

Riyan village has 866 males and 732 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Riyan has about 845 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 864.

Riyan covers 573.28 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Riyan falls under Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Riyan is Parauna, about 16 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available for Riyan.

Riyan is about 69 km from Jhansi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Riyan is in Garautha tehsil of Jhansi district. Gursarāi is about 13 km away. Parauna is about 16 km away. Garautha is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.