About Rithur Village

Rithur is a small village in Kotdwara tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 46, made up of 23 males and 23 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 67.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246144, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rithur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rithur village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Kotdwara
Pincode	246144
Area (hectares)	67.22 hectares
Population	46
Male Population	23
Female Population	23
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 Rithur compares

By the 2011 count Rithur is the 239th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 396 residents. Its 67.22 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

Getting to Rithur

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

Rithur lies about 12 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 16 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 Rithur
District headquarters	Garhwal	12 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	16 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	16 km

Villages closest to Rithur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rithur village had a population of 46. That makes it the 239th largest of the 301 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 396 residents.

Rithur village has 23 males and 23 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rithur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1139.

The pincode recorded for Rithur is 246144. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rithur covers 67.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rithur falls under Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rithur is Kotdwara, about 16 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 Rithur.

Rithur is about 12 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rithur is in Kotdwara tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 12 km away. Kotdwāra is about 16 km away. Kotdwara is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.