Rikhwani Population - Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand

Rikhwani is a small village located in Devprayag Tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand with total 35 families residing. The Rikhwani village has population of 146 of which 73 are males while 73 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Rikhwani village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 13.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Rikhwani village is 1000 which is higher than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Rikhwani as per census is 727, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Rikhwani village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Rikhwani village was 62.99 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Rikhwani Male literacy stands at 79.03 % while female literacy rate was 47.69 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Rikhwani village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Rikhwani village.

Rikhwani Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	35	-	-
Population	146	73	73
Child (0-6)	19	11	8
Schedule Caste	61	35	26
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	62.99 %	79.03 %	47.69 %
Total Workers	74	32	42
Main Worker	21	-	-
Marginal Worker	53	20	33

Caste Factor

In Rikhwani village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 41.78 % of total population in Rikhwani village. The village Rikhwani currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Rikhwani village out of total population, 74 were engaged in work activities. 28.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 71.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 74 workers engaged in Main Work, 21 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.