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About Rikholi Village

Rikholi is a small village in Pati tehsil, in the district of Champawat, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 209, made up of 104 males and 105 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,010 females per 1000 males. The village covers 149.43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262580, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rikholi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rikholi village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Champawat
Tehsil Pati
Pincode 262580
Area (hectares) 149.43 hectares
Population 209
Male Population 104
Female Population 105
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,010
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rikholi compares

By the 2011 count Rikholi is the 73rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 323 residents. Its 149.43 hectares work out to about 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Rikholi

Rikholi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rikholi as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Rikholi from other places

Rikholi lies about 21 km from Champawat, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 33 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 Rikholi
Tehsil headquarters Pati 7.6 km
District headquarters Champawat 21 km
Nearest town Almora 32 km
Nearest railway station Kathgodam 33 km

Villages closest to Rikholi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rikholi village had a population of 209. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 136 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 323 residents.

Rikholi village has 104 males and 105 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rikholi has about 1010 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Rikholi is 262580. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rikholi covers 149.43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rikholi falls under Pati tehsil of Champawat district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rikholi is Kathgodam, about 33 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 village for Rikholi.

Rikholi is about 21 km from Champawat in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rikholi is in Pati tehsil of Champawat district. Pati is about 7.6 km away. Champawat is about 21 km away. Almora is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bigrakot (2.2 km), Ghigharukot (2.2 km) and Nayalkot (2.2 km).

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

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