About Raithal Village

Raithal is a small village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 298, made up of 149 males and 149 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raithal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raithal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Kapkot
Pincode	263632
Area (hectares)	187.56 hectares
Population	298
Male Population	149
Female Population	149
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Raithal compares

By the 2011 count Raithal is the 73rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 187.56 hectares work out to about 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Raithal

Raithal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Raithal 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Raithal from other places

Raithal lies about 19 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 54 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 Raithal
District headquarters	Bageshwar	19 km
Nearest town	Almora	20 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kapkot	31 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	54 km

Villages closest to Raithal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Raithal village had a population of 298. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Raithal village has 149 males and 149 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raithal has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1098.

The pincode recorded for Raithal is 263632. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Raithal covers 187.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Raithal falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Raithal is Kathgodam, about 54 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Raithal.

Raithal is about 19 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raithal is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Bageshwar is about 19 km away. Almora is about 20 km away. Kapkot is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.