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About Ranki Kalan Village

Ranki Kalan is a mid sized village in Manika tehsil, in the district of Latehar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,982, made up of 1,044 males and 938 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 898 females per 1000 males. The village covers 557 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 822126, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranki Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranki Kalan village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Latehar
Tehsil Manika
Pincode 822126
Area (hectares) 557 hectares
Population 1,982
Male Population 1,044
Female Population 938
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 898
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranki Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Ranki Kalan is the 15th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 1,074 residents. Its 557 hectares work out to about 3.6 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 973.

Getting to Ranki Kalan

Ranki Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ranki Kalan as Available within <5 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Ranki Kalan from other places

Ranki Kalan lies about 28 km from Latehar, and the nearest railway station is Chhipadohar, about 9.2 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 Ranki Kalan
Nearest railway station Chhipadohar 9.2 km
Nearest town Medininagar 28 km
District headquarters Latehar 28 km
Tehsil headquarters Manika 31 km

Villages closest to Ranki Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Manika 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 Ranki Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranki Kalan village had a population of 1,982. That makes it the 15th largest of the 82 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,074 residents.

Ranki Kalan village has 1,044 males and 938 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranki Kalan has about 898 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 973.

The pincode recorded for Ranki Kalan is 822126. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranki Kalan covers 557 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranki Kalan falls under Manika tehsil of Latehar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ranki Kalan is Chhipadohar, about 9.2 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ranki Kalan.

Ranki Kalan is about 28 km from Latehar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranki Kalan is in Manika tehsil of Latehar district. Chhipadohar is about 9.2 km away. Medininagar is about 28 km away. Latehar is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Koili (4.0 km), Chechendha (5.3 km) and Agardih Mandhania (7.5 km).

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

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