About Rank Village

Rank is a large village in Masturi tehsil, in the district of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,455, made up of 1,273 males and 1,182 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 929 females per 1000 males. The village covers 654.35 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 495550, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rank Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rank village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Bilaspur
Tehsil	Masturi
Pincode	495550
Area (hectares)	654.35 hectares
Population	2,455
Male Population	1,273
Female Population	1,182
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	929
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Rank compares

By the 2011 count Rank is the 33rd largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents. Its 654.35 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

Getting to Rank

Rank is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rank as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Rank from other places

Rank lies about 13 km from Bilaspur, and the nearest railway station is Jairamnagar, about 6.5 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 Rank
Nearest railway station	Jairamnagar	6.5 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masturi	11 km
District headquarters	Bilaspur	13 km
Nearest town	Bilāspur	13 km

Villages closest to Rank

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rank village had a population of 2,455. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 161 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,732 residents.

Rank village has 1,273 males and 1,182 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rank has about 929 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 990.

The pincode recorded for Rank is 495550. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rank covers 654.35 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rank falls under Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Rank is Jairamnagar, about 6.5 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 and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rank.

Rank is about 13 km from Bilaspur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rank is in Masturi tehsil of Bilaspur district. Jairamnagar is about 6.5 km away. Masturi is about 11 km away. Bilaspur is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.