About Ranol Village

Ranol is a mid sized village in Chirgaon tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 595, made up of 314 males and 281 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 895 females per 1000 males. The village covers 874.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171214, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranol Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranol village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Chirgaon
Pincode	171214
Area (hectares)	874.54 hectares
Population	595
Male Population	314
Female Population	281
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	895
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranol compares

By the 2011 count Ranol is the 22nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 397 residents. Its 874.54 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

Getting to Ranol

Ranol is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ranol as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Ranol from other places

Ranol lies about 14 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 10 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 Ranol
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	10 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chirgaon	14 km
District headquarters	Shimla	14 km

Villages closest to Ranol

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranol village had a population of 595. That makes it the 22nd largest of the 114 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 397 residents.

Ranol village has 314 males and 281 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranol has about 895 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 954.

The pincode recorded for Ranol is 171214. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranol covers 874.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ranol falls under Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ranol is Jutogh, about 10 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 5 - 10 km distance for Ranol.

Ranol is about 14 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranol is in Chirgaon tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 10 km away. Chirgaon is about 14 km away. Shimla is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.