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About Rangaon Village

Rangaon is a mid sized village in Manawar tehsil, in the district of Dhar, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 832, made up of 412 males and 420 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,019 females per 1000 males. The village covers 370.14 hectares hectares.

Rangaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rangaon village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Dhar
Tehsil Manawar
Area (hectares) 370.14 hectares
Population 832
Male Population 412
Female Population 420
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,019
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Rangaon compares

By the 2011 count Rangaon is the 139th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 1,422 residents. Its 370.14 hectares work out to about 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Rangaon

Rangaon is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rangaon as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Rangaon from other places

Rangaon lies about 71 km from Dhar, and the nearest railway station is Hathi gate station, about 3.9 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 Rangaon
Nearest town Rajpur 3.8 km
Nearest railway station Hathi gate station 3.9 km
Tehsil headquarters Manawar 31 km
District headquarters Dhar 71 km

Villages closest to Rangaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rangaon village had a population of 832. That makes it the 139th largest of the 193 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,422 residents.

Rangaon village has 412 males and 420 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangaon has about 1019 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 987.

Rangaon covers 370.14 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rangaon falls under Manawar tehsil of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Rangaon is Hathi gate station, about 3.9 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 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rangaon.

Rangaon is about 71 km from Dhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangaon is in Manawar tehsil of Dhar district. Rajpur is about 3.8 km away. Hathi gate station is about 3.9 km away. Manawar is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rajpura (3.8 km), Padla (6.0 km) and Banjari (7.8 km).

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

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