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About Rangamati Village

Rangamati is a mid sized village in Bengabad tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 758, made up of 405 males and 353 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 220.07 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 815312, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rangamati Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rangamati village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Giridih
Tehsil Bengabad
Pincode 815312
Area (hectares) 220.07 hectares
Population 758
Male Population 405
Female Population 353
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 872
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 Rangamati compares

By the 2011 count Rangamati is the 69th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 677 residents. Its 220.07 hectares work out to about 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

Getting to Rangamati

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

Rangamati lies about 22 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 17 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 Rangamati
Tehsil headquarters Bengabad 8.5 km
Nearest railway station Maheshmunda Junction 17 km
District headquarters Giridih 22 km

Villages closest to Rangamati

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rangamati village had a population of 758. That makes it the 69th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 677 residents.

Rangamati village has 405 males and 353 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangamati has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 943.

The pincode recorded for Rangamati is 815312. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rangamati covers 220.07 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.4 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rangamati falls under Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rangamati is Maheshmunda Junction, about 17 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 Rangamati.

Rangamati is about 22 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangamati is in Bengabad tehsil of Giridih district. Bengabad is about 8.5 km away. Maheshmunda Junction is about 17 km away. Giridih is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Khariodih (under 2 km), Makho (1.5 km) and Burhikura (1.5 km).

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

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