About Raitola Village

Raitola is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 169, made up of 81 males and 88 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,086 females per 1000 males. The village covers 97.75 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Raitola Overview

Census 2011 figures for Raitola village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	97.75 hectares
Population	169
Male Population	81
Female Population	88
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,086
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 Raitola compares

By the 2011 count Raitola is the 137th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 97.75 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 1159.

Getting to Raitola

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

Raitola lies about 22 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 58 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 Raitola
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	6.8 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	22 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	58 km

Villages closest to Raitola

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Raitola village had a population of 169. That makes it the 137th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Raitola village has 81 males and 88 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Raitola has about 1086 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Raitola is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Raitola covers 97.75 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Raitola falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Raitola is Kathgodam, about 58 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 Raitola.

Raitola is about 22 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Raitola is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 6.8 km away. Pithoragarh is about 22 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.