# Riksal Village, Thalisain, Garhwal (Uttarakhand) – Population & Literacy, Census 2011

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Village · Thalisain, Garhwal 

# Riksal

Riksal is a village in Thalisain sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **708 people in 128 households**, the 14th largest of 402 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.0%.

- 708people (2011)
- 128households
- 75.6%literacy
- 1,133females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Riksal

Of every 100 households in Riksal in 2011, 59 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Riksal · ■ Thalisain rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**65%

Tap water ****98%**

**86%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**21%

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

**22%

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

**77%

Use banking services ****95%**

**84%

Television ****21%**

**44%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**60%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**91%

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 Riksal?

■ Riksal · ■ Thalisain rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.6%**

**74.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1133**

**1209

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****694**

**940

Working population ****34.0%**

**47.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 61.6% for women. 43% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 79 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (22%) · **■** Other work 16 (7%) · **■** Marginal 94 (39%)

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 Thalisain

- Roulee736 people
- Sounth717 people
- Risti713 people
- Tirpali Or Tarpali711 people
- Rangaon705 people
- Syoli Talli696 people
- Dadoli Malli693 people
- Kucholi686 people

[All 440 villages in Thalisain](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/thalisain/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Riksal?708 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Riksal in?Garhwal district (Thalisain sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Riksal?75.6% (Census 2011)