About Rana Village

Rana is a mid sized village in Dasua tehsil, in the district of Hoshiarpur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 531, made up of 285 males and 246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 863 females per 1000 males. The village covers 119 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144207, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rana village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Hoshiarpur
Tehsil	Dasua
Pincode	144207
Area (hectares)	119 hectares
Population	531
Male Population	285
Female Population	246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	863
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Rana compares

By the 2011 count Rana is the 202nd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 823 residents. Its 119 hectares work out to about 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

Getting to Rana

Rana is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Rana 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Rana from other places

Rana lies about 26 km from Hoshiarpur, and the nearest railway station is Khuda Kurala, about 12 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 Rana
Nearest railway station	Khuda Kurala	12 km
Nearest town	Urmar	14 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dasua	14 km
District headquarters	Hoshiarpur	26 km

Villages closest to Rana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rana village had a population of 531. That makes it the 202nd largest of the 361 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 823 residents.

Rana village has 285 males and 246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rana has about 863 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 984.

The pincode recorded for Rana is 144207. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rana covers 119 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rana falls under Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Rana is Khuda Kurala, about 12 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rana.

Rana is about 26 km from Hoshiarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rana is in Dasua tehsil of Hoshiarpur district. Khuda Kurala is about 12 km away. Urmar is about 14 km away. Dasua is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.