About Ranchaura Village

Ranchaura is a mid sized village in Borio tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 826, made up of 392 males and 434 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,107 females per 1000 males. The village covers 180 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranchaura Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranchaura village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Sahibganj
Tehsil	Borio
Pincode	816120
Area (hectares)	180 hectares
Population	826
Male Population	392
Female Population	434
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,107
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranchaura compares

By the 2011 count Ranchaura is the 29th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 341 residents. Its 180 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

Getting to Ranchaura

Ranchaura is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ranchaura as Available within village. 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 Ranchaura from other places

Ranchaura lies about 31 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Ekchari, about 16 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 Ranchaura
Nearest railway station	Ekchari	16 km
Nearest town	Colgong	18 km
Tehsil headquarters	Borio	28 km
District headquarters	Sahibganj	31 km

Villages closest to Ranchaura

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranchaura village had a population of 826. That makes it the 29th largest of the 255 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 341 residents.

Ranchaura village has 392 males and 434 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranchaura has about 1107 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1022.

The pincode recorded for Ranchaura is 816120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranchaura covers 180 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranchaura falls under Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ranchaura is Ekchari, about 16 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ranchaura.

Ranchaura is about 31 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranchaura is in Borio tehsil of Sahibganj district. Ekchari is about 16 km away. Colgong is about 18 km away. Borio is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.