About Rangar Village

Rangar is a mid sized village in Tira Sujanpur tehsil, in the district of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 612, made up of 280 males and 332 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,186 females per 1000 males. The village covers 336 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176111, 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	Hamirpur
Tehsil	Tira Sujanpur
Pincode	176111
Area (hectares)	336 hectares
Population	612
Male Population	280
Female Population	332
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,186
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 10th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 196 residents. Its 336 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1207.

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 37 km from Hamirpur, and the nearest railway station is Panchrukhi, about 4.4 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
Nearest railway station	Panchrukhi	4.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Tira Sujanpur	21 km
Nearest town	Dharamsala	32 km
District headquarters	Hamirpur	37 km

Villages closest to Rangar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Tira Sujanpur 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 612. That makes it the 10th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 196 residents.

Rangar village has 280 males and 332 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangar has about 1186 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1207.

The pincode recorded for Rangar is 176111. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rangar covers 336 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.

Rangar falls under Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rangar is Panchrukhi, about 4.4 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 37 km from Hamirpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangar is in Tira Sujanpur tehsil of Hamirpur district. Panchrukhi is about 4.4 km away. Tira Sujanpur is about 21 km away. Dharamsala is about 32 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.