About Ranchula Village

Ranchula is a small village in Yamkeshwar tehsil, in the district of Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 157, made up of 71 males and 86 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,211 females per 1000 males. The village covers 415.21 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 246121, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranchula Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranchula village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Garhwal
Tehsil	Yamkeshwar
Pincode	246121
Area (hectares)	415.21 hectares
Population	157
Male Population	71
Female Population	86
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,211
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranchula compares

By the 2011 count Ranchula is the 86th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 171 residents. Its 415.21 hectares work out to about 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1206.

Getting to Ranchula

Ranchula is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ranchula as Available within 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 Ranchula from other places

Ranchula lies about 28 km from Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Virbhadra, about 18 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 Ranchula
Tehsil headquarters	Yamkeshwar	under 2 km
Nearest railway station	Virbhadra	18 km
Nearest town	Rishīkesh	18 km
District headquarters	Garhwal	28 km

Villages closest to Ranchula

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranchula village had a population of 157. That makes it the 86th largest of the 223 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 171 residents.

Ranchula village has 71 males and 86 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranchula has about 1211 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1206.

The pincode recorded for Ranchula is 246121. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranchula covers 415.21 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.4 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ranchula falls under Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ranchula is Virbhadra, about 18 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ranchula.

Ranchula is about 28 km from Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranchula is in Yamkeshwar tehsil of Garhwal district. Yamkeshwar is about under 2 km away. Virbhadra is about 18 km away. Rishīkesh is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.