About Ranga Village

Ranga is a large village in Bausi tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,216, made up of 1,169 males and 1,047 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 896 females per 1000 males. The village covers 580 hectares hectares.

Ranga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranga village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Bausi
Area (hectares)	580 hectares
Population	2,216
Male Population	1,169
Female Population	1,047
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	896
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ranga compares

By the 2011 count Ranga is the 27th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents. Its 580 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Getting to Ranga

Ranga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ranga as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ranga from other places

Ranga lies about 18 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Mandar Hill, about 5.2 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 Ranga
Nearest railway station	Mandar Hill	5.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Bausi	5.5 km
Nearest town	Godda	14 km
District headquarters	Banka	18 km

Villages closest to Ranga

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

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Common questions about Ranga

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranga village had a population of 2,216. That makes it the 27th largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,554 residents.

Ranga village has 1,169 males and 1,047 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranga has about 896 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 927.

Ranga covers 580 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranga falls under Bausi tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ranga is Mandar Hill, about 5.2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ranga.

Ranga is about 18 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranga is in Bausi tehsil of Banka district. Mandar Hill is about 5.2 km away. Bausi is about 5.5 km away. Godda is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.