About Ranighat Village

Ranighat is a small village in Mawshynrut tehsil, in the district of West Khasi Hills, Meghalaya. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 361, made up of 187 males and 174 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 930 females per 1000 males. Its pincode is 793120, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranighat Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranighat village
Description	Value
State	Meghalaya
District	West Khasi Hills
Tehsil	Mawshynrut
Pincode	793120
Population	361
Male Population	187
Female Population	174
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	930
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 Ranighat compares

By the 2011 count Ranighat is the 53rd largest of the 311 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 235 residents. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

Getting to Ranighat

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

Ranighat lies about 29 km from West Khasi Hills, and the nearest railway station is Boko, about 23 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 Ranighat
Nearest railway station	Boko	23 km
Tehsil headquarters	Mawshynrut	29 km
District headquarters	West Khasi Hills	29 km
Nearest town	Nongstoin	32 km

Villages closest to Ranighat

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranighat village had a population of 361. That makes it the 53rd largest of the 311 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 235 residents.

Ranighat village has 187 males and 174 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranighat has about 930 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 963.

The pincode recorded for Ranighat is 793120. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranighat falls under Mawshynrut tehsil of West Khasi Hills district in Meghalaya.

The nearest railway station to Ranighat is Boko, about 23 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 Ranighat.

Ranighat is about 29 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.

Ranighat is in Mawshynrut tehsil of West Khasi Hills district. Boko is about 23 km away. Mawshynrut is about 29 km away. West Khasi Hills is about 29 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.