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About Ritholi Village

Ritholi is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 46, made up of 19 males and 27 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,421 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246446, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ritholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ritholi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Chamoli
Tehsil Karnaprayag
Pincode 246446
Area (hectares) 27.4 hectares
Population 46
Male Population 19
Female Population 27
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,421
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 Ritholi compares

By the 2011 count Ritholi is the 173rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 27.4 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Ritholi

Ritholi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ritholi 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 Ritholi from other places

Ritholi lies about 41 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 67 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 Ritholi
Tehsil headquarters Karnaprayag 22 km
Nearest town Pauri 30 km
District headquarters Chamoli 41 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 67 km

Villages closest to Ritholi

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

Common questions about Ritholi

As per the Census of India 2011, Ritholi village had a population of 46. That makes it the 173rd largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Ritholi village has 19 males and 27 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ritholi has about 1421 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Ritholi is 246446. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ritholi covers 27.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ritholi falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ritholi is Kotdwara, about 67 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 Ritholi.

Ritholi is about 41 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ritholi is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 22 km away. Pauri is about 30 km away. Chamoli is about 41 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Taul Sain (6.2 km), Kuneth (6.6 km) and Bansoli Palli (8.5 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ritholi today is likely to be higher.

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