About Ranga Village

Ranga is a mid sized village in Gopikandar tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 665, made up of 314 males and 351 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,118 females per 1000 males. The village covers 230.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Gopikandar
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	230.21 hectares
Population	665
Male Population	314
Female Population	351
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,118
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranga compares

By the 2011 count Ranga is the 12th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 327 residents. Its 230.21 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Ranga

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

Ranga lies about 37 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, about 28 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 Ranga
Tehsil headquarters	Gopikandar	8.2 km
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	28 km
Nearest town	Pakur	36 km
District headquarters	Dumka	37 km

Villages closest to Ranga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranga village had a population of 665. That makes it the 12th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 327 residents.

Ranga village has 314 males and 351 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranga has about 1118 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Ranga is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranga covers 230.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranga falls under Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ranga is Harinsing, about 28 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 10+ km distance for Ranga.

Ranga is about 37 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranga is in Gopikandar tehsil of Dumka district. Gopikandar is about 8.2 km away. Harinsing is about 28 km away. Pakur is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.