# Rikhera Village, Yamkeshwar, Garhwal (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Yamkeshwar, Garhwal 

# Rikhera

Rikhera is a village in Yamkeshwar sub-district of Garhwal district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **222 people in 45 households**, the 54th largest of 226 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.3%.

- 222people (2011)
- 45households
- 85.7%literacy
- 1,056females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rikhera

Of every 100 households in Rikhera in 2011, 74 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 76 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Rikhera · ■ Yamkeshwar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**88%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**72%

Tap water ****98%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**24%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**74%

Use banking services ****98%**

**82%

Television ****20%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****76%**

**62%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

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

**23%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Rikhera?

■ Rikhera · ■ Yamkeshwar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.7%**

**81.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1056**

**1085

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1357**

**892

Working population ****22.5%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.9% for men and 73.7% for women. 40% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 5 (10%) · **■** Household industry 1 (2%) · **■** Other work 40 (80%) · **■** 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 Yamkeshwar

- Sigari233 people
- Thunda228 people
- Shrikot226 people
- Danda Damraoa225 people
- Ramji Rakar219 people
- Vinak219 people
- Mugliya Gaon218 people
- Badune216 people

[All 241 villages in Yamkeshwar](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/garhwal/yamkeshwar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rikhera?222 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rikhera in?Garhwal district (Yamkeshwar sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Rikhera?85.7% (Census 2011)