About Rithiya Village

Rithiya is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 36, made up of 20 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 800 females per 1000 males. The village covers 47.14 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246428, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rithiya Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rithiya village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246428
Area (hectares)	47.14 hectares
Population	36
Male Population	20
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	800
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rithiya compares

By the 2011 count Rithiya is the 198th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 47.14 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Rithiya

Rithiya is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rithiya 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 Rithiya from other places

Rithiya lies about 55 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Ramnagar, about 75 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 Rithiya
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	28 km
Nearest town	Almora	40 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	55 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	75 km

Villages closest to Rithiya

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rithiya village had a population of 36. That makes it the 198th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

Rithiya village has 20 males and 16 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rithiya has about 800 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Rithiya is 246428. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rithiya covers 47.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rithiya falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rithiya is Ramnagar, about 75 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 Rithiya.

Rithiya is about 55 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rithiya is in Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district. Gairsain is about 28 km away. Almora is about 40 km away. Chamoli is about 55 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.