About Rihar Village

Rihar is one of the larger villages in Laharpur tehsil, in the district of Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 5,280, made up of 2,846 males and 2,434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 855 females per 1000 males. The village covers 891.42 hectares hectares.

Rihar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rihar village
Description	Value
State	Uttar Pradesh
District	Sitapur
Tehsil	Laharpur
Area (hectares)	891.42 hectares
Population	5,280
Male Population	2,846
Female Population	2,434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	855
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Rihar compares

By the 2011 count Rihar is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,096 residents. Its 891.42 hectares work out to about 5.9 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 892.

Getting to Rihar

Rihar 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 Rihar 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rihar from other places

Rihar lies about 8.9 km from Sitapur, and the nearest railway station is Bhurjiha Baragn, about 3.6 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.

Distances from Rihar
Nearest railway station	Bhurjiha Baragn	3.6 km
District headquarters	Sitapur	8.9 km
Nearest town	Sītāpur	8.9 km
Tehsil headquarters	Laharpur	18 km

Villages closest to Rihar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rihar village had a population of 5,280. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,096 residents.

Rihar village has 2,846 males and 2,434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rihar has about 855 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 892.

Rihar covers 891.42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rihar falls under Laharpur tehsil of Sitapur district in Uttar Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rihar is Bhurjiha Baragn, about 3.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Rihar is about 8.9 km from Sitapur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rihar is in Laharpur tehsil of Sitapur district. Bhurjiha Baragn is about 3.6 km away. Sitapur is about 8.9 km away. Sītāpur is about 8.9 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.