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About Rangagaon Village

Rangagaon is a mid sized village in Gossaigaon tehsil, in the district of Kokrajhar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 554, made up of 277 males and 277 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 175.85 hectares hectares.

Rangagaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rangagaon village
Description Value
State Assam
District Kokrajhar
Tehsil Gossaigaon
Area (hectares) 175.85 hectares
Population 554
Male Population 277
Female Population 277
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Rangagaon compares

By the 2011 count Rangagaon is the 160th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 846 residents. Its 175.85 hectares work out to about 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Getting to Rangagaon

Rangagaon 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 Rangagaon as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Rangagaon from other places

Rangagaon lies about 34 km from Kokrajhar, and the nearest railway station is Srirampur Assam, about 2.5 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 Rangagaon
Nearest railway station Srirampur Assam 2.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Gossaigaon 3.7 km
Nearest town Tufānganj 29 km
District headquarters Kokrajhar 34 km

Villages closest to Rangagaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Gossaigaon 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 Rangagaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Rangagaon village had a population of 554. That makes it the 160th largest of the 266 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 846 residents.

Rangagaon village has 277 males and 277 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangagaon has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 969.

Rangagaon covers 175.85 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rangagaon falls under Gossaigaon tehsil of Kokrajhar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Rangagaon is Srirampur Assam, about 2.5 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rangagaon.

Rangagaon is about 34 km from Kokrajhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangagaon is in Gossaigaon tehsil of Kokrajhar district. Srirampur Assam is about 2.5 km away. Gossaigaon is about 3.7 km away. Tufānganj 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 Ranguapara (under 2 km), Sukanbaonai (1.6 km) and Matiajuri (1.8 km).

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

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