Rithora

Rithora is a town and a nagar panchayat in Bareilly Tehsil of Bareilly district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.It is sited at a distance of 15 km away from its district cum Tehsil Headquarters Bareilly, 269 km away from its state capital Lucknow and 263 km away from the national capital Delhi. People of all religions and communities reside in the city and they mostly speak Hindi.Rithora is home to a total population of 17,186, as per the 2011 population census. The density of population is recorded as 1,718.6 people per sq km in an area of 10 sq km. Agriculture and agro-based industries are the main occupations of the locals in the town.AdministrationRithora constitutes a nagar panchayat with twelve wards for which elections are conducted once in five years to elect twelve ward members to the Rithora Nagar Panchayat to form the local body in the city. The city operates within Bareilly administrative division of Uttar Pradesh state administration.Rithora comes under Bareilly sub district or tehsil in its district which is one of the six tehsils in Bareilly district apart from Aonla, Mirganj, Faridpur, Baheri and Nawabganj. Bareilly is the district Headquarters and Tehsil Headquarters of Rithora Nagar Panchayat.Rithora comes within Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency and the current MP of the constituency is Shri Santhosh Kumar Gangwar elected to Indian Parliament in the year 2014.DemographicsRithora is a Nagar Panchayat town in district of Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh. It is divided into twelve wards for which elections are held every five years. The Rithora Nagar Panchayat has population of 17,186 of which 9,114 are males while 8,072 are females as per report released by Census India 2011.