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About Ranka Khurd Village

Ranka Khurd is a mid sized village in Ranka tehsil, in the district of Garhwa, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 926, made up of 431 males and 495 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,148 females per 1000 males. The village covers 258.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822125, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranka Khurd Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranka Khurd village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Garhwa
Tehsil Ranka
Pincode 822125
Area (hectares) 258.9 hectares
Population 926
Male Population 431
Female Population 495
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,148
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ranka Khurd compares

By the 2011 count Ranka Khurd is the 37th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents. Its 258.9 hectares work out to about 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Ranka Khurd

The census records public bus service for Ranka Khurd as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ranka Khurd from other places

Ranka Khurd lies about 18 km from Garhwa, and the nearest railway station is Garwa, about 20 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 Ranka Khurd
Tehsil headquarters Ranka 1.7 km
District headquarters Garhwa 18 km
Nearest railway station Garwa 20 km

Villages closest to Ranka Khurd

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

Common questions about Ranka Khurd

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranka Khurd village had a population of 926. That makes it the 37th largest of the 78 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,160 residents.

Ranka Khurd village has 431 males and 495 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranka Khurd has about 1148 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Ranka Khurd is 822125. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranka Khurd covers 258.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranka Khurd falls under Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ranka Khurd is Garwa, about 20 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ranka Khurd.

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

Ranka Khurd is in Ranka tehsil of Garhwa district. Ranka is about 1.7 km away. Garhwa is about 18 km away. Garwa is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rabda (under 2 km), Ranka Kalan (1.7 km) and Khura (1.8 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ranka Khurd today is likely to be higher.

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