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About Rigawar Gaon Village

Rigawar Gaon is a small village in Pauri tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 104, made up of 42 males and 62 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,476 females per 1000 males. The village covers 38.6 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246167, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rigawar Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rigawar Gaon village
Description Value
State Uttarakhand
District Garhwal
Tehsil Pauri
Pincode 246167
Area (hectares) 38.6 hectares
Population 104
Male Population 42
Female Population 62
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,476
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rigawar Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Rigawar Gaon is the 314th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 143 residents. Its 38.6 hectares work out to about 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

Getting to Rigawar Gaon

Rigawar Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rigawar Gaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Rigawar Gaon from other places

Rigawar Gaon lies about 26 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 36 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 Rigawar Gaon
District headquarters Garhwal 26 km
Tehsil headquarters Pauri 27 km
Nearest railway station Kotdwara 36 km

Villages closest to Rigawar Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Pauri 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 Rigawar Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Rigawar Gaon village had a population of 104. That makes it the 314th largest of the 666 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 143 residents.

Rigawar Gaon village has 42 males and 62 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rigawar Gaon has about 1476 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1259.

The pincode recorded for Rigawar Gaon is 246167. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rigawar Gaon covers 38.6 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rigawar Gaon falls under Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rigawar Gaon is Kotdwara, about 36 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 5 - 10 km distance for Rigawar Gaon.

Rigawar Gaon is about 26 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rigawar Gaon is in Pauri tehsil of Garhwal district. Garhwal is about 26 km away. Pauri is about 27 km away. Kotdwara is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bakar Wari (under 2 km), Dewar (under 2 km) and Jawara (under 2 km).

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

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