# Rikhel Village, Bageshwar, Bageshwar (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Bageshwar, Bageshwar 

# Rikhel

Rikhel is a village in Bageshwar sub-district of Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **131 people in 33 households**, the 217th largest of 378 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.5%.

- 131people (2011)
- 33households
- 90.9%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rikhel

Of every 100 households in Rikhel in 2011, 72 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 9 a car.

■ Rikhel · ■ Bageshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**62%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**37%

Tap water ****88%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****34%**

**27%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****62%**

**72%

Use banking services ****69%**

**83%

Television ****56%**

**49%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**65%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****9%**

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**93%

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 Rikhel?

■ Rikhel · ■ Bageshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.9%**

**81.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**1051

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**859

Working population ****38.2%**

**48.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.3% for men and 83.6% for women. 46% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 23 (46%) · **■** Other work 23 (46%) · **■** Marginal 4 (8%)

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 Bageshwar

- Falyati133 people
- Falyati131 people
- Jainkras131 people
- Kholiya Gaon131 people
- Simsyari131 people
- Kalauta130 people
- Kaligar130 people
- Kiroli129 people

[All 414 villages in Bageshwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/bageshwar/bageshwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rikhel?131 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rikhel in?Bageshwar district (Bageshwar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Rikhel?90.9% (Census 2011)