About Rangaon Village

Rangaon is a small village in Karnaprayag tehsil, in the district of Chamoli, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 19, made up of 10 males and 9 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 900 females per 1000 males. The village covers 27.34 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246429, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rangaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rangaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Chamoli
Tehsil	Karnaprayag
Pincode	246429
Area (hectares)	27.34 hectares
Population	19
Male Population	10
Female Population	9
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	900
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rangaon compares

By the 2011 count Rangaon is among the smallest villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 184 residents. Its 27.34 hectares work out to about 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1199.

Getting to Rangaon

Rangaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Rangaon as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. 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 Rangaon from other places

Rangaon lies about 49 km from Chamoli, and the nearest railway station is Kotdwara, about 62 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 Rangaon
Tehsil headquarters	Karnaprayag	30 km
Nearest town	Pauri	34 km
District headquarters	Chamoli	49 km
Nearest railway station	Kotdwara	62 km

Villages closest to Rangaon

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rangaon village had a population of 19. That makes it among the smallest villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 184 residents.

Rangaon village has 10 males and 9 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangaon has about 900 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1199.

The pincode recorded for Rangaon is 246429. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rangaon covers 27.34 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Rangaon falls under Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rangaon is Kotdwara, about 62 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 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Rangaon.

Rangaon is about 49 km from Chamoli in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangaon is in Karnaprayag tehsil of Chamoli district. Karnaprayag is about 30 km away. Pauri is about 34 km away. Chamoli is about 49 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.