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Village snapshot
Quick panchayat-at-a-glance
Riga is a village and mandal headquarters in Sitamarhi district, Bihar. With 27,518 residents across 5,766 households, it is significantly larger than surrounding settlements and has a literacy rate of 46.8%.
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- LGD code
- 219357
- Pincode
- 843327
- Post office
- Riga
- Population
- 27,518
- Households
- 5,766
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Sex ratio
- 888 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 7,753
- Distance to district centre
- 82 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 36 km
- Distance to Patna
- 122 km
- Distance to Kolkata
- 542 km
- Nearest railway station
- Riga · 1 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- Baijnath Nursing Home Research Centre · 8 km
जनगणना 2011 · तुलना में
Riga की तुलना
By population, Riga ranks #1 of 42 villages in Riga mandal — the largest.
Literacy rate
%
46.8%
+3.5% vs mandal average
- Riga
- 46.8%
- Riga mandal
- 43.3%
- Sitamarhi district
- 42.0%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
888
−6 vs mandal average
- Riga
- 888
- Riga mandal
- 894
Household size
people per home
4.8
Same as the mandal average
- Riga
- 4.8
- Riga mandal
- 4.8
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Riga एक नज़र में
Riga बिहार के सीतामढ़ी जिले के रिगा ब्लॉक में 27,518 लोगों 5,766 परिवारों में (जनगणना 2011) का एक गांव है, जो रिगा ब्लॉक के 42 गांवों में सबसे बड़ा है। साक्षरता 47% है, जो ब्लॉक औसत 43% से 4 अंक अधिक है और लिंगानुपात प्रति 1,000 पुरुषों पर 888 महिलाएं। यह सीतामढ़ी जिला मुख्यालय से 82 किमी, निकटतम कस्बे Punaura से 9 किमी, Riga रेलवे स्टेशन से 1 किमी स्थित है (सीधी रेखा दूरी)। पिनकोड 843327 है, Riga डाकघर द्वारा सेवित; एलजीडी गांव कोड 219357 है। निकटतम अस्पताल या स्वास्थ्य केंद्र Baijnath Nursing Home Research Centre है, 8 किमी दूर। सरपंच pratibha kumari हैं, और गांव Chiraia विधानसभा क्षेत्र में आता है, जिसके विधायक Lal Babu Prasad Gupta हैं। 2026 में अनुमानित जनसंख्या 32,444 है, 2011 जनगणना से 18% अधिक।
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Amenities · Census 2011 village directory · Riga
- Treated tap water
- No
- Untreated tap water
- No
- Well water
- No
- Hand pump
- Yes
- Tube well / borewell
- Yes
- Electricity for homes
- Yes
- Electricity for farms
- Yes
- Power hours (summer)
- 4
- Power hours (winter)
- 6
- Primary school
- 1
- Middle school
- 2
- Secondary school
- 0
- Senior secondary
- 0
- Degree college
- 0
- Primary health centre
- 1
- Health sub-centre
- 1
- Community health centre
- 0
- Dispensary
- 1
- Veterinary hospital
- 0
- Post office
- Yes
- Sub post office
- No
- Commercial bank
- Yes
- Cooperative bank
- Yes
- ATM
- Yes
- Public bus service
- Yes
- Private bus service
- Yes
- Railway station
- Yes
- Pucca (paved) road
- Yes
- Anganwadi centre
- Yes
- ASHA worker
- Yes
- Fair-price shop
- Yes
- Mandi / regular market
- Yes
- Weekly haat
- Yes
- Nearest statutory town
- SITAMARHI
- Distance to nearest town (km)
- 8
- Distance to district HQ (km)
- 8
- Distance to sub-district HQ (km)
- 0
- All-weather road
- Yes
- Gram panchayat (2011)
- Riga First, Riga Second
- Total area (ha)
- 1,914.22
- Irrigated area (ha)
- 46.15
- Forest area (ha)
- 538
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
Notice board · Riga
No notices this weekWater supply timings, gram sabha dates, camps and drives — residents post them here and they expire on their own.
मुख्य तथ्य — Riga
- LGD code
- 219357
- Pincode
- 843327
- Post office
- Riga
- Population (Census 2011)
- 27,518
- Population (projected 2026)
- 32,444
- Households
- 5,766
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 888
- Literacy rate
- 46.8%
- Coordinates
- 26.65620°N, 85.43133°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Sheohar
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Chiraia
- Member of Parliament
- Lovely Anand
- Member of Legislative Assembly
- Lal Babu Prasad Gupta
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- pratibha kumari
- Block / Mandal
- Riga
पहुंचने का रास्ता
Riga कैसे पहुंचें
शहरों से दूरी · सीधी रेखा
- Patna122 kmcapital
- Kolkata542 km
- Delhi839 km
- Hyderabad1254 km
प्रकार अनुसार निकटतम · क्षेत्र में कहीं भी
- Railway stationRiga1 km
- Bus stopBALARA CHOTI BHANSAR14 km
- Hospital / PHCBaijnath Nursing Home Research Centre8 km
- ATM / bankPrabhu Bank19 km
- CollegeBalara polytechnic institute (CTEVT)14 km
- Police stationSSB Camp13 km
एक ही पिनकोड
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Sources & freshness
- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records, 2026-05-14
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
- Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)