About Rangaon Village

Rangaon is a large village in Tarapur tehsil, in the district of Munger, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,192, made up of 1,179 males and 1,013 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 42 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813221, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rangaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rangaon village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Munger
Tehsil	Tarapur
Pincode	813221
Area (hectares)	42 hectares
Population	2,192
Male Population	1,179
Female Population	1,013
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	859
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Rangaon compares

By the 2011 count Rangaon is the 15th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents. Its 42 hectares work out to about 52 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

Getting to Rangaon

Rangaon 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 Rangaon as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rangaon from other places

Rangaon lies about 35 km from Munger, and the nearest railway station is Ganganiyan, about 14 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 Rangaon
Tehsil headquarters	Tarapur	2.5 km
Nearest town	Kharagpur	12 km
Nearest railway station	Ganganiyan	14 km
District headquarters	Munger	35 km

Villages closest to Rangaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rangaon village had a population of 2,192. That makes it the 15th largest of the 52 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,749 residents.

Rangaon village has 1,179 males and 1,013 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangaon has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 897.

The pincode recorded for Rangaon is 813221. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rangaon covers 42 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 52 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Rangaon falls under Tarapur tehsil of Munger district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Rangaon is Ganganiyan, about 14 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Rangaon is about 35 km from Munger in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangaon is in Tarapur tehsil of Munger district. Tarapur is about 2.5 km away. Kharagpur is about 12 km away. Ganganiyan is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.