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Rithar

रिठार
Garud mandal
Pincode 263635
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Sarpanch · Gram Panchayat
Prem nath
Contact: 96****6696
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LGD code
51417
Pincode
263635
Post office
Dangoli
Population
187
Households
47
Literacy rate
59.4%
Sex ratio
1634 ♀/1000♂
Workers
86
Distance to district centre
7 km
Distance to mandal centre
4 km
Distance to Dehradun
155 km
Distance to Delhi
269 km
Nearest railway station
Kathgodam · 69 km
Nearest hospital / PHC
Government Hospital, Bantoli · <1 km
Census 2011 · in context

How Rithar compares

By population, Rithar ranks #118 of 196 villages in Garud mandal.

Literacy rate
%
59.4%
−10.4% vs mandal average
Rithar
59.4%
Garud mandal
69.8%
Bageshwar district
69.1%
Sex ratio
♀ per 1000 ♂
1,634
+477 vs mandal average
Rithar
1,634
Garud mandal
1,157
Household size
people per home
4.0
−0.5 vs mandal average
Rithar
4.0
Garud mandal
4.5

Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).

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Rithar at a glance

Rithar is a village of 187 people in 47 households (Census 2011) in Garud tehsil, Bageshwar district, Uttarakhand, the 118th-largest of 196 villages in Garud tehsil. Literacy is 59%, 10 points below the tehsil average of 70% and the sex ratio is 1,634 women per 1,000 men. It lies 7 km from the Bageshwar district centre, 19 km from Sirauli, the nearest town, 69 km from Kathgodam railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 263635, served by Dangoli post office; the LGD village code is 51417. The nearest hospital or health centre is Government Hospital, Bantoli, <1 km away. The sarpanch is Prem nath, and the village votes in Bageshwar assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandan Ram Dass. The population is estimated at 220 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.

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Rithar · this village18759%
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Naghar · Pithoragarh8667%0 km N
Nagthar · Pithoragarh3972%0 km N
Naghar · Pithoragarh53476%0 km N
Ainchar · Garud10978%0 km N
Igyar · Pithoragarh58275%0 km N

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Key facts — Rithar

LGD code
51417
Pincode
263635
Post office
Dangoli
Population (Census 2011)
187
Population (projected 2026)
220
Households
47
Sex ratio (per 1,000 males)
1634
Literacy rate
59.4%
Coordinates
29.89001°N, 79.56499°E
Lok Sabha constituency
Almora
Vidhan Sabha constituency
Bageshwar
Member of Parliament
Ajay Tamta
Member of Legislative Assembly
Chandan Ram Dass
Sarpanch / Gram Pradhan
Prem nath
Block / Mandal
Garud
Getting there

How to reach Rithar

Mandal centre
Garud · ≈ 4.4 km
≈ 9 min by car · 11 min by bike
Directions
District centre
Bageshwar · ≈ 7.2 km
≈ 15 min by car · 17 min by bike
Directions
Nearest town · 18,600 people
Sirauli · ≈ 19 km
≈ 38 min by car · 46 min by bike
Directions
Distance to cities · straight line
  • Dehradun155 kmcapital
  • Delhi269 km
  • Kolkata1196 km
  • Mumbai1379 km
Nearest by kind · anywhere in the region
  • Railway stationKathgodam69 km
  • Bus stopbageshwar bus station22 km
  • Hospital / PHCGovernment Hospital, Bantoli<1 km
  • ATM / bankUttarakhand Gramin Bank5 km
  • Petrol pumpHindustan Petroleum24 km
  • CollegeGovt Post Graduate College21 km
  • Police stationMallital Police Station56 km
Nearest to the village
Health centre
Government Hospital, Bantoliunder 1 km
Places of worship · within 5 km

Temples & shrines near Rithar

3 Temples mapped by OpenStreetMap contributors. Residents can add the village jatara and temple festival under Events.

  • 🛕Rudradhari Mahadev TempleTemple4.6 km ↗
  • 🛕Three temples of the Indo-Aryan shikhara type known as Lakshmi Narayan Temple, Rakshas Deval Temple and Satya Narayan TempleTemple4.8 km ↗
  • 🛕Tallihat group of temples and Katyuri mound, UttarakhandTemple4.8 km ↗
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Sources & freshness
  • Population, literacy, households: Census 2011 (PCA)
  • Village directory: Local Government Directory, record updated 2026-05-09
  • Sarpanch: state panchayat-raj records
  • Weather: OpenWeatherMap / Open-Meteo, live
  • Places nearby: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
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