# Rithayat Village, Gangolihat, Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand)

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Village · Gangolihat, Pithoragarh 

# Rithayat

Rithayat is a village in Gangolihat sub-district of Pithoragarh district, Uttarakhand. The 2011 Census counted **742 people in 157 households**, the 14th largest of 312 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.8%.

- 742people (2011)
- 157households
- 74.1%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Rithayat

Of every 100 households in Rithayat in 2011, 99 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Rithayat · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****99%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**51%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**48%

Tap water ****100%**

**68%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****22%**

**19%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**79%

Use banking services ****77%**

**74%

Television ****31%**

**40%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**34%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Rithayat?

■ Rithayat · ■ Gangolihat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.1%**

**77.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**1090

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**870

Working population ****48.2%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.5% for men and 64.6% for women. 53% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (8%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 90 (25%) · **■** Marginal 120 (34%)

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 Gangolihat

- Hanera797 people
- Kuthera785 people
- Uprara785 people
- Naini757 people
- Gwasi Kot731 people
- Malla Garkhe717 people
- Bursum Bari712 people
- Nali712 people

[All 340 villages in Gangolihat](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttarakhand/pithoragarh/gangolihat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Rithayat?742 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Rithayat in?Pithoragarh district (Gangolihat sub-district), Uttarakhand
- What is the literacy rate of Rithayat?74.1% (Census 2011)