About Ranga Village

Ranga is a mid sized village in Barhait tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 976, made up of 503 males and 473 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 940 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816102, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranga Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranga village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Barhait
Pincode	816102
Area (hectares)	257.9 hectares
Population	976
Male Population	503
Female Population	473
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	940
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 Ranga compares

By the 2011 count Ranga is the 45th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 595 residents. Its 257.9 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 1008.

Getting to Ranga

Ranga is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ranga 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 Ranga from other places

Ranga lies about 26 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Kalian Chak, about 12 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 Ranga
Nearest railway station	Kalian Chak	12 km
Nearest town	Rājmahal	22 km
Tehsil headquarters	Barhait	26 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	26 km

Villages closest to Ranga

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranga village had a population of 976. That makes it the 45th largest of the 192 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 595 residents.

Ranga village has 503 males and 473 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranga has about 940 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1008.

The pincode recorded for Ranga is 816102. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranga covers 257.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranga falls under Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ranga is Kalian Chak, about 12 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 Ranga.

Ranga is about 26 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranga is in Barhait tehsil of Sahibganj district. Kalian Chak is about 12 km away. Rājmahal is about 22 km away. Barhait is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.