About Rikhera Village

Rikhera is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 222, made up of 108 males and 114 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,056 females per 1000 males. The village covers 197.69 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rikhera Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rikhera village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	197.69 hectares
Population	222
Male Population	108
Female Population	114
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,056
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 Rikhera compares

By the 2011 count Rikhera is the 52nd largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 197.69 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1206.

Getting to Rikhera

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

Rikhera lies about 20 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 23 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
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	8.8 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	20 km
Nearest town	Kotdwāra	23 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	23 km

Villages closest to Rikhera

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rikhera village had a population of 222. That makes it the 52nd largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Rikhera village has 108 males and 114 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rikhera has about 1056 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Rikhera is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rikhera covers 197.69 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rikhera falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rikhera is Kotdwara, about 23 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 Rikhera.

Rikhera is about 20 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rikhera is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about 8.8 km away. Garhwal is about 20 km away. Kotdwāra is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.