About Rangmaw Village

Rangmaw is a mid sized village in Mawkyrwat tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,407, made up of 699 males and 708 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,013 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793114, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rangmaw Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rangmaw village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawkyrwat
Pincode	793114
Population	1,407
Male Population	699
Female Population	708
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,013
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rangmaw compares

By the 2011 count Rangmaw is the 7th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 395 residents. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

Getting to Rangmaw

Rangmaw is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rangmaw as Available within 10+ 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 Rangmaw from other places

Rangmaw lies about 43 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Bamunigaon, about 75 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 Rangmaw
Tehsil headquarters	Mawkyrwat	5.9 km
Nearest town	Shella	25 km
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	43 km
Nearest railway station	Bamunigaon	75 km

Villages closest to Rangmaw

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rangmaw village had a population of 1,407. That makes it the 7th largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 395 residents.

Rangmaw village has 699 males and 708 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangmaw has about 1013 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Rangmaw is 793114. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rangmaw falls under Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Rangmaw is Bamunigaon, about 75 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 village for Rangmaw.

Rangmaw is about 43 km from West Khasi Hills in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangmaw is in Mawkyrwat tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Mawkyrwat is about 5.9 km away. Shella is about 25 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 43 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.