About Ranian Village

Ranian is a mid sized village in Ajnala tehsil, in the district of Amritsar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,226, made up of 655 males and 571 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 872 females per 1000 males. The village covers 1031 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 143110, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranian Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranian village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Amritsar
Tehsil	Ajnala
Pincode	143110
Area (hectares)	1031 hectares
Population	1,226
Male Population	655
Female Population	571
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	872
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranian compares

By the 2011 count Ranian is the 121st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents. Its 1031 hectares work out to about 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

Getting to Ranian

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

Ranian lies about 35 km from Amritsar, and the nearest railway station is واہگہ, about 14 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 Ranian
Nearest railway station	واہگہ	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Ajnala	28 km
Nearest town	Ajnāla	28 km
District headquarters	Amritsar	35 km

Villages closest to Ranian

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranian village had a population of 1,226. That makes it the 121st largest of the 305 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,276 residents.

Ranian village has 655 males and 571 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranian has about 872 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 912.

The pincode recorded for Ranian is 143110. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranian covers 1031 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.2 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ranian falls under Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ranian is واہگہ, about 14 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 Ranian.

Ranian is about 35 km from Amritsar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranian is in Ajnala tehsil of Amritsar district. واہگہ is about 14 km away. Ajnala is about 28 km away. Ajnāla is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.