# Rikhiya Village, Bhanpur, Basti (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Bhanpur, Basti 

# Rikhiya

Rikhiya is a village in Bhanpur sub-district of Basti district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **288 people in 54 households**, the 331st largest of 419 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 288people (2011)
- 54households
- 77.6%literacy
- 1,118females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rikhiya

Of every 100 households in Rikhiya in 2011, 33 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 92 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rikhiya · ■ Bhanpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**30%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****97%**

**88%

Television ****5%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****92%**

**72%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**7%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Rikhiya?

■ Rikhiya · ■ Bhanpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1118**

**992

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**929

Working population ****39.9%**

**33.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 70.8% for women. 38% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 27 (23%) · **■** Other work 10 (9%) · **■** Marginal 78 (68%)

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 Bhanpur

- Dilawal Chak295 people
- Kamda290 people
- Atara289 people
- Itahia288 people
- Sekhui288 people
- Gangwar287 people
- Karahia285 people
- Raghunathpur285 people

[All 435 villages in Bhanpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/basti/bhanpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rikhiya?288 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rikhiya in?Basti district (Bhanpur sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Rikhiya?77.6% (Census 2011)