About Rangar Village

Rangar is a small village in Dalhousie tehsil, in the district of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 254, made up of 119 males and 135 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,134 females per 1000 males. The village covers 105.27 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176303, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rangar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rangar village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Chamba
Tehsil	Dalhousie
Pincode	176303
Area (hectares)	105.27 hectares
Population	254
Male Population	119
Female Population	135
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,134
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rangar compares

By the 2011 count Rangar is the 53rd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 304 residents. Its 105.27 hectares work out to about 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

Getting to Rangar

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

Rangar lies about 20 km from Chamba, and the nearest railway station is Nurpur Road, about 21 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 Rangar
Tehsil headquarters	Dalhousie	13 km
District headquarters	Chamba	20 km
Nearest railway station	Nurpur Road	21 km

Villages closest to Rangar

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rangar village had a population of 254. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 119 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 304 residents.

Rangar village has 119 males and 135 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangar has about 1134 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1025.

The pincode recorded for Rangar is 176303. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rangar covers 105.27 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rangar falls under Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rangar is Nurpur Road, about 21 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 Rangar.

Rangar is about 20 km from Chamba in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangar is in Dalhousie tehsil of Chamba district. Dalhousie is about 13 km away. Chamba is about 20 km away. Nurpur Road is about 21 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.