About Ranka Village

Ranka is a mid sized village in Chandil tehsil, in the district of Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,153, made up of 579 males and 574 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 991 females per 1000 males. The village covers 974.83 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 832404, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranka Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranka village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Saraikela Kharsawan
Tehsil	Chandil
Pincode	832404
Area (hectares)	974.83 hectares
Population	1,153
Male Population	579
Female Population	574
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	991
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 Ranka compares

By the 2011 count Ranka is the 33rd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents. Its 974.83 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

Getting to Ranka

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

Ranka lies about 11 km from Saraikela Kharsawan, and the nearest railway station is Manikui, 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 Ranka
District headquarters	Saraikela Kharsawan	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Chandil	14 km
Nearest railway station	Manikui	16 km
Nearest town	Bhetia	28 km

Villages closest to Ranka

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranka village had a population of 1,153. That makes it the 33rd largest of the 101 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,064 residents.

Ranka village has 579 males and 574 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranka has about 991 females for every 1000 males. In short, the balance between women and men is close to even, a little above the tehsil average of 964.

The pincode recorded for Ranka is 832404. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranka covers 974.83 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ranka falls under Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ranka is Manikui, 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ranka.

Ranka is about 11 km from Saraikela Kharsawan in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranka is in Chandil tehsil of Saraikela Kharsawan district. Saraikela Kharsawan is about 11 km away. Chandil is about 14 km away. Manikui is about 16 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.