About Ranchirai Village

Ranchirai is a large village in Gunderdehi tehsil, in the district of Durg, Chhattisgarh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,139, made up of 1,060 males and 1,079 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,018 females per 1000 males. The village covers 849.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 494661, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranchirai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranchirai village
Description	Value
State	Chhattisgarh
District	Durg
Tehsil	Gunderdehi
Pincode	494661
Area (hectares)	849.04 hectares
Population	2,139
Male Population	1,060
Female Population	1,079
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,018
Bus Service (public)	Available
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranchirai compares

By the 2011 count Ranchirai is the 10th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents. Its 849.04 hectares work out to about 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

Getting to Ranchirai

Ranchirai is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ranchirai as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ranchirai from other places

Ranchirai lies about 29 km from Durg, and the nearest railway station is Gundardehi, about 11 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 Ranchirai
Nearest railway station	Gundardehi	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Gunderdehi	13 km
Nearest town	Bhilai	28 km
District headquarters	Durg	29 km

Villages closest to Ranchirai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranchirai village had a population of 2,139. That makes it the 10th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,205 residents.

Ranchirai village has 1,060 males and 1,079 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranchirai has about 1018 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Ranchirai is 494661. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranchirai covers 849.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranchirai falls under Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district in Chhattisgarh.

The nearest railway station to Ranchirai is Gundardehi, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

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

Ranchirai is about 29 km from Durg in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranchirai is in Gunderdehi tehsil of Durg district. Gundardehi is about 11 km away. Gunderdehi is about 13 km away. Bhilai is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.