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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
VIRENDRA SINGH
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- LGD code
- 41263
- Pincode
- 246446
- Post office
- Langasu
- Population
- 9
- Households
- 2
- Literacy rate
- 77.8%
- Sex ratio
- 500 ♀/1000♂
- Workers
- 6
- Distance to district centre
- 14 km
- Distance to mandal centre
- 3 km
- Distance to Dehradun
- 118 km
- Distance to Delhi
- 273 km
- Nearest hospital / PHC
- ECHS Poly Clinic · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context
How Rikhwari compares
By population, Rikhwari ranks #31 of 32 villages in Jilasu mandal.
Literacy rate
%
77.8%
+4.4% vs mandal average
- Rikhwari
- 77.8%
- Jilasu mandal
- 73.4%
- Chamoli district
- 71.6%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
500
−624 vs mandal average
- Rikhwari
- 500
- Jilasu mandal
- 1,124
Household size
people per home
4.5
+0.2 vs mandal average
- Rikhwari
- 4.5
- Jilasu mandal
- 4.3
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Rikhwari at a glance
Rikhwari is a village of 9 people in 2 households (Census 2011) in Jilasu tehsil, Chamoli district, Uttarakhand, the 31st-largest of 32 villages in Jilasu tehsil. Literacy is 78%, 4 points above the tehsil average of 73% and the sex ratio is 500 women per 1,000 men. It lies 14 km from the Chamoli district centre, 48 km from Sirauli, the nearest town (straight-line distances). The pincode is 246446, served by Langasu post office; the LGD village code is 41263. The nearest hospital or health centre is ECHS Poly Clinic, <1 km away. The sarpanch is VIRENDRA SINGH. The population is estimated at 11 in 2026, up 22% since the 2011 Census.
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Key facts — Rikhwari
- LGD code
- 41263
- Pincode
- 246446
- Post office
- Langasu
- Population (Census 2011)
- 9
- Population (projected 2026)
- 11
- Households
- 2
- Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
- 500
- Literacy rate
- 77.8%
- Coordinates
- 30.29360°N, 79.26282°E
- Lok Sabha constituency
- Garhwal
- Vidhan Sabha constituency
- Karnprayag
- Member of Parliament
- Anil Baluni
- Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
- VIRENDRA SINGH
- Block / Mandal
- Jilasu
Getting there
How to reach Rikhwari
Distance to cities · straight line
- Dehradun118 kmcapital
- Delhi273 km
- Kolkata1247 km
- Mumbai1403 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
- Bus stopPursari8 km
- Hospital / PHCECHS Poly Clinic<1 km
- ATM / bankSBI14 km
- Petrol pumpINDIAN OIL FUEL STATION14 km
- CollegeUttarakhand University of Horticulture & Forestry36 km
- Police stationRudraprayag Police Station27 km
Same pincode
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- Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
- Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
- Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
- Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
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