About Rithola Village

Rithola is a small village in Gairsain tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 32, made up of 16 males and 16 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 7.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246440, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rithola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rithola village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Gairsain
Pincode	246440
Area (hectares)	7.6 hectares
Population	32
Male Population	16
Female Population	16
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rithola compares

By the 2011 count Rithola is the 202nd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 284 residents. Its 7.6 hectares work out to about 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

Getting to Rithola

Rithola is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rithola as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Rithola from other places

Rithola 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 Rithola
Tehsil headquarters	Gairsain	28 km
Nearest town	Almora	40 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	55 km
Nearest railway station	Ramnagar	75 km

Villages closest to Rithola

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 Rithola

As per the Census of India 2011, Rithola village had a population of 32. That makes it the 202nd largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 284 residents.

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

Working from the 2011 counts, Rithola has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1219.

The pincode recorded for Rithola is 246440. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rithola covers 7.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rithola falls under Gairsain tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rithola 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rithola.

Rithola 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.

Rithola 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.