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About Rikhera Gunth Village

Rikhera Gunth is a small village in Lansdowne tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 51, made up of 18 males and 33 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.81 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246155, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rikhera Gunth Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rikhera Gunth village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Lansdowne
Pincode 246155
Area (hectares) 91.81 hectares
Population 51
Male Population 18
Female Population 33
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,833
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rikhera Gunth compares

By the 2011 count Rikhera Gunth is the 354th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 148 residents. Its 91.81 hectares work out to about 0.6 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 1243.

Getting to Rikhera Gunth

Rikhera Gunth is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Rikhera Gunth as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Rikhera Gunth from other places

Rikhera Gunth lies about 16 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 22 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 Rikhera Gunth
District headquarters Garhwal 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Lansdowne 16 km
Nearest town Kotdwāra 22 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 22 km

Villages closest to Rikhera Gunth

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Lansdowne 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 Rikhera Gunth

As per the Census of India 2011, Rikhera Gunth village had a population of 51. That makes it the 354th largest of the 465 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 148 residents.

Rikhera Gunth village has 18 males and 33 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rikhera Gunth has about 1833 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1243.

The pincode recorded for Rikhera Gunth is 246155. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rikhera Gunth covers 91.81 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.6 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rikhera Gunth falls under Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rikhera Gunth is Kotdwara, about 22 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Rikhera Gunth.

Rikhera Gunth is about 16 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rikhera Gunth is in Lansdowne tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 16 km away. Lansdowne is about 16 km away. Kotdwāra is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dikhet (2.4 km), Khamana (2.4 km) and Bamoli (2.4 km).

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

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