About Rangamatia Village

Rangamatia is a small village in Masalia tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 300, made up of 158 males and 142 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 173 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814119, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rangamatia Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rangamatia village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Masalia
Pincode	814119
Area (hectares)	173 hectares
Population	300
Male Population	158
Female Population	142
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	899
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rangamatia compares

By the 2011 count Rangamatia is the 153rd largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 434 residents. Its 173 hectares work out to about 1.7 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 987.

Getting to Rangamatia

Rangamatia is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rangamatia as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Rangamatia from other places

Rangamatia lies about 18 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Kurwa, about 16 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 Rangamatia
Nearest railway station	Kurwa	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Masalia	18 km
District headquarters	Dumka	18 km

Villages closest to Rangamatia

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rangamatia village had a population of 300. That makes it the 153rd largest of the 265 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 434 residents.

Rangamatia village has 158 males and 142 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangamatia has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Rangamatia is 814119. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rangamatia covers 173 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rangamatia falls under Masalia tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rangamatia is Kurwa, about 16 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rangamatia.

Rangamatia is about 18 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangamatia is in Masalia tehsil of Dumka district. Kurwa is about 16 km away. Masalia is about 18 km away. Dumka is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.