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About Ranakuchi Village

Ranakuchi is a mid sized village in Tihu tehsil, in the district of Baksa, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,669, made up of 864 males and 805 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 932 females per 1000 males. The village covers 359.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 781371, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranakuchi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranakuchi village
Description Value
State Assam
District Baksa
Tehsil Tihu
Pincode 781371
Area (hectares) 359.39 hectares
Population 1,669
Male Population 864
Female Population 805
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 932
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ranakuchi compares

By the 2011 count Ranakuchi is the 20th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,066 residents. Its 359.39 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Ranakuchi

Ranakuchi is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ranakuchi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ranakuchi from other places

Ranakuchi lies about 48 km from Baksa, and the nearest railway station is Guagachha Halt, about 20 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Ranakuchi
Nearest town Barpeta 3.1 km
Nearest railway station Guagachha Halt 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Tihu 29 km
District headquarters Baksa 48 km

Villages closest to Ranakuchi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tihu tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Ranakuchi

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranakuchi village had a population of 1,669. That makes it the 20th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,066 residents.

Ranakuchi village has 864 males and 805 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranakuchi has about 932 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Ranakuchi is 781371. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranakuchi covers 359.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranakuchi falls under Tihu tehsil of Baksa district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Ranakuchi is Guagachha Halt, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ranakuchi.

Ranakuchi is about 48 km from Baksa in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranakuchi is in Tihu tehsil of Baksa district. Barpeta is about 3.1 km away. Guagachha Halt is about 20 km away. Tihu is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Jalkhana (27 km), Barbari (28 km) and Piplibari (30 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ranakuchi today is likely to be higher.

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