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About Ranike Village

Ranike is a mid sized village in Dhuri tehsil, in the district of Sangrur, Punjab. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,388, made up of 746 males and 642 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 861 females per 1000 males. The village covers 502 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 148024, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranike Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranike village
Description Value
State Punjab
District Sangrur
Tehsil Dhuri
Pincode 148024
Area (hectares) 502 hectares
Population 1,388
Male Population 746
Female Population 642
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 861
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ranike compares

By the 2011 count Ranike is the 62nd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents. Its 502 hectares work out to about 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Ranike

Ranike 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 Ranike as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ranike from other places

Ranike lies about 15 km from Sangrur, and the nearest railway station is Alal, about 3.4 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 Ranike
Nearest railway station Alal 3.4 km
Tehsil headquarters Dhuri 11 km
Nearest town Dhūri 11 km
District headquarters Sangrur 15 km

Villages closest to Ranike

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranike village had a population of 1,388. That makes it the 62nd largest of the 95 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,169 residents.

Ranike village has 746 males and 642 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranike has about 861 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 886.

The pincode recorded for Ranike is 148024. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranike covers 502 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranike falls under Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district in Punjab.

The nearest railway station to Ranike is Alal, about 3.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ranike.

Ranike is about 15 km from Sangrur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranike is in Dhuri tehsil of Sangrur district. Alal is about 3.4 km away. Dhuri is about 11 km away. Dhūri is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mulowal (under 2 km), Hassanpur (1.8 km) and Buggra (2.7 km).

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

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