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About Ransin Kalan Village

Ransin Kalan is a large village in Nihal Singhwala tehsil, in the district of Moga, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,715, made up of 1,469 males and 1,246 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 848 females per 1000 males. The village covers 722 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 142055, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ransin Kalan Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ransin Kalan village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Moga
Tehsil Nihal Singhwala
Pincode 142055
Area (hectares) 722 hectares
Population 2,715
Male Population 1,469
Female Population 1,246
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 848
Bus Service (public) Available within <5 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ransin Kalan compares

By the 2011 count Ransin Kalan is the 24th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 4,201 residents. Its 722 hectares work out to about 3.8 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 893.

Getting to Ransin Kalan

Ransin Kalan is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ransin Kalan as Available within <5 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 Ransin Kalan from other places

Ransin Kalan lies about 26 km from Moga, and the nearest railway station is Ajitwal, 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 Ransin Kalan
Tehsil headquarters Nihal Singhwala 2.6 km
Nearest town Bagha Purana 21 km
Nearest railway station Ajitwal 23 km
District headquarters Moga 26 km

Villages closest to Ransin Kalan

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Nihal Singhwala 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.

Common questions about Ransin Kalan

As per the Census of India 2011, Ransin Kalan village had a population of 2,715. That makes it the 24th largest of the 39 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,201 residents.

Ransin Kalan village has 1,469 males and 1,246 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ransin Kalan has about 848 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 893.

The pincode recorded for Ransin Kalan is 142055. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ransin Kalan covers 722 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 3.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ransin Kalan falls under Nihal Singhwala tehsil of Moga district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ransin Kalan is Ajitwal, 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 <5 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Ransin Kalan.

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

Ransin Kalan is in Nihal Singhwala tehsil of Moga district. Nihal Singhwala is about 2.6 km away. Bagha Purana is about 21 km away. Ajitwal is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhulkot Ransin (under 2 km), Ransin Khurd (1.7 km) and Nangal (2.1 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ransin Kalan today is likely to be higher.

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