About Rangra Village

Rangra is a small village in Nakodar tehsil, in the district of Jalandhar, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 434, made up of 228 males and 206 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 187 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 144040, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rangra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rangra village
Description	Value
State	Punjab
District	Jalandhar
Tehsil	Nakodar
Pincode	144040
Area (hectares)	187 hectares
Population	434
Male Population	228
Female Population	206
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	904
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within village

How Rangra compares

By the 2011 count Rangra is the 115th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents. Its 187 hectares work out to about 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 950.

Getting to Rangra

Rangra 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 Rangra as Available within 5 - 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 Rangra from other places

Rangra lies about 24 km from Jalandhar, and the nearest railway station is Gahandran, about 3.3 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 Rangra
Nearest railway station	Gahandran	3.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Nakodar	5.1 km
District headquarters	Jalandhar	24 km

Villages closest to Rangra

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rangra village had a population of 434. That makes it the 115th largest of the 143 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,176 residents.

Rangra village has 228 males and 206 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangra has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Rangra is 144040. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rangra covers 187 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.3 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rangra falls under Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Rangra is Gahandran, about 3.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Rangra.

Rangra is about 24 km from Jalandhar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangra is in Nakodar tehsil of Jalandhar district. Gahandran is about 3.3 km away. Nakodar is about 5.1 km away. Jalandhar is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.