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About Ranjhi Village

Ranjhi is a small village in Itarsi tehsil, in the district of Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 231, made up of 114 males and 117 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,026 females per 1000 males. The village covers 933.22 hectares hectares.

Ranjhi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranjhi village
Description Value
State Madhya Pradesh
District Hoshangabad
Tehsil Itarsi
Area (hectares) 933.22 hectares
Population 231
Male Population 114
Female Population 117
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,026
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranjhi compares

By the 2011 count Ranjhi is the 109th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents. Its 933.22 hectares work out to about 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Getting to Ranjhi

Ranjhi is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ranjhi as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Ranjhi from other places

Ranjhi lies about 36 km from Hoshangabad, and the nearest railway station is Saheli, about 13 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 Ranjhi
Nearest railway station Saheli 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Itarsi 22 km
Nearest town Itārsi 22 km
District headquarters Hoshangabad 36 km

Villages closest to Ranjhi

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranjhi village had a population of 231. That makes it the 109th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,011 residents.

Ranjhi village has 114 males and 117 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranjhi has about 1026 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 939.

Ranjhi covers 933.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ranjhi falls under Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district in Madhya Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ranjhi is Saheli, about 13 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ranjhi.

Ranjhi is about 36 km from Hoshangabad in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranjhi is in Itarsi tehsil of Hoshangabad district. Saheli is about 13 km away. Itarsi is about 22 km away. Itārsi is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Bhatna (2.0 km), Nayagaon (3.0 km) and Kasda Kalan (5.7 km).

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

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