About Ral Village

Ral is a mid sized village in Kanke tehsil, in the district of Ranchi, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 568, made up of 295 males and 273 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.57 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 834006, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ral Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ral village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Ranchi
Tehsil	Kanke
Pincode	834006
Area (hectares)	150.57 hectares
Population	568
Male Population	295
Female Population	273
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	925
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ral compares

By the 2011 count Ral is the 90th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents. Its 150.57 hectares work out to about 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

Getting to Ral

Ral is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ral as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 Ral from other places

Ral lies about 9.4 km from Ranchi, and the nearest railway station is Piska, about 3.4 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 Ral
Nearest railway station	Piska	3.4 km
Nearest town	Rātu	7.0 km
District headquarters	Ranchi	9.4 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kanke	13 km

Villages closest to Ral

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ral village had a population of 568. That makes it the 90th largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,126 residents.

Ral village has 295 males and 273 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ral has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 967.

The pincode recorded for Ral is 834006. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ral covers 150.57 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ral falls under Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ral is Piska, about 3.4 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ral.

Ral is about 9.4 km from Ranchi in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ral is in Kanke tehsil of Ranchi district. Piska is about 3.4 km away. Rātu is about 7.0 km away. Ranchi is about 9.4 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.