# Rikha Dadar Village, Pithora, Mahasamund (Chhattisgarh)

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Village · Pithora, Mahasamund 

# Rikha Dadar

Rikha Dadar is a village in Pithora sub-district of Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh, PIN code **494670**. The 2011 Census counted **982 people in 219 households**, the 72nd largest of 238 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.1%.

- 982people (2011)
- 219households
- 70.7%literacy
- 494670PIN code

## Rikha Dadar PIN code and other codes

**The PIN code of Rikha Dadar is 494670.** Rikha Dadar falls in Pithora sub-district, Mahasamund district, Chhattisgarh.

- PIN code494670
- Gram panchayatRikha Dadar
- Community development blockPithaura
- Census village code446513

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Rikha Dadar from nearby towns?

- Pithaura (sub-district HQ)25 km by road
- Mahasamund (district HQ)80 km by road
- Bagbahara (nearest town)25 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Rikha Dadar?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Rikha Dadar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Paraswani
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pithora
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Basna
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Rikha Dadar known for?

About 89% of the 361 hectares of village land is sown, and 20 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Rikha Dadar

Of every 100 households in Rikha Dadar in 2011, 85 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rikha Dadar · ■ Pithora rural average

Electricity for lighting ****85%**

**80%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****92%**

**55%

Television ****18%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Rikha Dadar?

■ Rikha Dadar · ■ Pithora rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**69.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1089**

**1034

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1220**

**983

Working population ****62.8%**

**52.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 62.5% for women. 64% of men and 62% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 233 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (6%) · **■** Other work 9 (1%) · **■** Marginal 337 (55%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Pithora

- Deori991 people
- Rampur988 people
- Amlidih986 people
- Bhikhapali983 people
- Sagundhap969 people
- Jhagrendih964 people
- Salhe Tarai960 people
- Sohagpur952 people

[All 248 villages in Pithora](https://wherepedia.org/india/chhattisgarh/mahasamund/pithora/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the PIN code of Rikha Dadar?494670
- How far is Rikha Dadar from Mahasamund?80 km by road
- What is the population of Rikha Dadar?982 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rikha Dadar in?Mahasamund district (Pithora sub-district), Chhattisgarh
- What is the literacy rate of Rikha Dadar?70.7% (Census 2011)