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About Rongranggiri Village

Rongranggiri is a small village in Selsella tehsil, in the district of West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 400, made up of 200 males and 200 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 794105, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rongranggiri Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rongranggiri village
Description Value
State Meghalaya
District West Garo Hills
Tehsil Selsella
Pincode 794105
Population 400
Male Population 200
Female Population 200
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,000
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 Rongranggiri compares

By the 2011 count Rongranggiri is the 113th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 512 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1001.

Getting to Rongranggiri

Rongranggiri is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rongranggiri 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 Rongranggiri from other places

Rongranggiri lies about 20 km from West Garo Hills, and the nearest railway station is Dhubri, about 59 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 Rongranggiri
Nearest town Mankāchar 16 km
Tehsil headquarters Selsella 17 km
District headquarters West Garo Hills 20 km
Nearest railway station Dhubri 59 km

Villages closest to Rongranggiri

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rongranggiri village had a population of 400. That makes it the 113th largest of the 331 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 512 residents.

Rongranggiri village has 200 males and 200 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rongranggiri has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1001.

The pincode recorded for Rongranggiri is 794105. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rongranggiri falls under Selsella tehsil of West Garo Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Rongranggiri is Dhubri, about 59 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 Rongranggiri.

Rongranggiri is about 20 km from West Garo Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rongranggiri is in Selsella tehsil of West Garo Hills district. Mankāchar is about 16 km away. Selsella is about 17 km away. West Garo Hills is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rongsanggre (under 2 km), Garobadha (9.8 km) and Selsella (17 km).

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

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