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About Rana Nagar Village

Rana Nagar is a small village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 196, made up of 92 males and 104 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,130 females per 1000 males. The village covers 177.3 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176098, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rana Nagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rana Nagar village
Description Value
State Himachal Pradesh
District Kangra
Tehsil Jaisinghpur
Pincode 176098
Area (hectares) 177.3 hectares
Population 196
Male Population 92
Female Population 104
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,130
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rana Nagar compares

By the 2011 count Rana Nagar is the 114th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 177.3 hectares work out to about 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Rana Nagar

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

Rana Nagar lies about 64 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Buffer Stop, about 20 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 Rana Nagar
Nearest town Mandi 13 km
Nearest railway station Buffer Stop 20 km
Tehsil headquarters Jaisinghpur 26 km
District headquarters Kangra 64 km

Villages closest to Rana Nagar

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

Common questions about Rana Nagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Rana Nagar village had a population of 196. That makes it the 114th largest of the 208 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Rana Nagar village has 92 males and 104 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rana Nagar has about 1130 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Rana Nagar is 176098. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rana Nagar covers 177.3 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rana Nagar falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rana Nagar is Buffer Stop, about 20 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 for Rana Nagar.

Rana Nagar is about 64 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rana Nagar is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Mandi is about 13 km away. Buffer Stop is about 20 km away. Jaisinghpur is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Andrana (under 2 km), Gulana (under 2 km) and Kalhera (4.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Rana Nagar today is likely to be higher.

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