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About Rankuli Village

Rankuli is a small village in Peshrar tehsil, in the district of Lohardaga, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 152, made up of 83 males and 69 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 831 females per 1000 males. The village covers 222 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835302, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rankuli Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rankuli village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Lohardaga
Tehsil Peshrar
Pincode 835302
Area (hectares) 222 hectares
Population 152
Male Population 83
Female Population 69
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 831
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 Rankuli compares

By the 2011 count Rankuli is the 64th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 425 residents. Its 222 hectares work out to about 0.7 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 980.

Getting to Rankuli

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

Rankuli lies about 30 km from Lohardaga, and the nearest railway station is Chetar, about 2.1 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 Rankuli
Nearest railway station Chetar 2.1 km
Tehsil headquarters Peshrar 11 km
Nearest town Lātehār 16 km
District headquarters Lohardaga 30 km

Villages closest to Rankuli

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rankuli village had a population of 152. That makes it the 64th largest of the 73 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 425 residents.

Rankuli village has 83 males and 69 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rankuli has about 831 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 980.

The pincode recorded for Rankuli is 835302. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rankuli covers 222 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rankuli falls under Peshrar tehsil of Lohardaga district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Rankuli is Chetar, about 2.1 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 Rankuli.

Rankuli is about 30 km from Lohardaga in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rankuli is in Peshrar tehsil of Lohardaga district. Chetar is about 2.1 km away. Peshrar is about 11 km away. Lātehār is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bari (3.6 km), Bariatu (12 km) and Barwadih (12 km).

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

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