About Ranga Village

Ranga is a mid sized village in Shikaripara tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,017, made up of 513 males and 504 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 982 females per 1000 males. The village covers 312 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816124, 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	Shikaripara
Pincode	816124
Area (hectares)	312 hectares
Population	1,017
Male Population	513
Female Population	504
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	982
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 Ranga compares

By the 2011 count Ranga is the 30th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 547 residents. Its 312 hectares work out to about 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

Getting to Ranga

Ranga is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ranga 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 Ranga from other places

Ranga 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 Ranga
Nearest railway station	Kurwa	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shikaripara	18 km
District headquarters	Dumka	18 km

Villages closest to Ranga

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shikaripara 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 1,017. That makes it the 30th largest of the 233 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 547 residents.

Ranga village has 513 males and 504 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranga has about 982 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1013.

The pincode recorded for Ranga is 816124. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranga covers 312 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranga falls under Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ranga 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 Ranga.

Ranga 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.

Ranga is in Shikaripara tehsil of Dumka district. Kurwa is about 16 km away. Shikaripara 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.