About Ran Village

Ran is one of the larger villages in Kalyanpur tehsil, in the district of Jamnagar, Gujarat. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 8,648, made up of 4,448 males and 4,200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 944 females per 1000 males. The village covers 4683.38 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 361315, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ran Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ran village
Description	Value
State	Gujarat
District	Jamnagar
Tehsil	Kalyanpur
Pincode	361315
Area (hectares)	4683.38 hectares
Population	8,648
Male Population	4,448
Female Population	4,200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	944
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ran compares

By the 2011 count Ran is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents. Its 4683.38 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

Getting to Ran

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

Ran lies about 82 km from Jamnagar, and the nearest railway station is Bhopalka, about 7.2 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 Ran
Nearest railway station	Bhopalka	7.2 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kalyanpur	19 km
Nearest town	Salāya	32 km
District headquarters	Jamnagar	82 km

Villages closest to Ran

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ran village had a population of 8,648. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,754 residents.

Ran village has 4,448 males and 4,200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ran has about 944 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 968.

The pincode recorded for Ran is 361315. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ran covers 4683.38 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ran falls under Kalyanpur tehsil of Jamnagar district in Gujarat.

The nearest railway station to Ran is Bhopalka, about 7.2 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 within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ran.

Ran is about 82 km from Jamnagar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ran is in Kalyanpur tehsil of Jamnagar district. Bhopalka is about 7.2 km away. Kalyanpur is about 19 km away. Salāya is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.