About Rikhari Village

Rikhari is a mid sized village in Kapkot tehsil, in the district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 520, made up of 235 males and 285 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,213 females per 1000 males. The village covers 223.56 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 263632, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rikhari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rikhari village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Bageshwar
Tehsil	Kapkot
Pincode	263632
Area (hectares)	223.56 hectares
Population	520
Male Population	235
Female Population	285
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,213
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rikhari compares

By the 2011 count Rikhari is the 40th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 442 residents. Its 223.56 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

Getting to Rikhari

Rikhari is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rikhari as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Rikhari from other places

Rikhari lies about 31 km from Bageshwar, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 97 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 Rikhari
Tehsil headquarters	Kapkot	14 km
District headquarters	Bageshwar	31 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	57 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	97 km

Villages closest to Rikhari

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 Rikhari

As per the Census of India 2011, Rikhari village had a population of 520. That makes it the 40th largest of the 145 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 442 residents.

Rikhari village has 235 males and 285 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rikhari has about 1213 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1098.

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

Rikhari covers 223.56 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rikhari falls under Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rikhari is Kathgodam, about 97 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rikhari.

Rikhari is about 31 km from Bageshwar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rikhari is in Kapkot tehsil of Bageshwar district. Kapkot is about 14 km away. Bageshwar is about 31 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 57 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.