About Rangar Village

Rangar is a small village in Dharmpur tehsil, in the district of Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 245, made up of 95 males and 150 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,579 females per 1000 males. The village covers 194.29 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 175051, 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	Mandi
Tehsil	Dharmpur
Pincode	175051
Area (hectares)	194.29 hectares
Population	245
Male Population	95
Female Population	150
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,579
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 66th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 366 residents. Its 194.29 hectares work out to about 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1126.

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 94 km from Mandi. 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	Dharmpur	34 km
Nearest town	Shimla	49 km
District headquarters	Mandi	94 km

Villages closest to Rangar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dharmpur 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 245. That makes it the 66th largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 366 residents.

Rangar village has 95 males and 150 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangar has about 1579 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1126.

The pincode recorded for Rangar is 175051. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rangar covers 194.29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rangar falls under Dharmpur tehsil of Mandi district in Himachal Pradesh.

The census record for Rangar notes the nearest railway station 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 94 km from Mandi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangar is in Dharmpur tehsil of Mandi district. Dharmpur is about 34 km away. Shimla is about 49 km away. Mandi is about 94 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.