About Rangal Village

Rangal is a small village in Gangolihat tehsil, in the district of Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 208, made up of 99 males and 109 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,101 females per 1000 males. The village covers 32.97 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 262522, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rangal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rangal village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Pithoragarh
Tehsil	Gangolihat
Pincode	262522
Area (hectares)	32.97 hectares
Population	208
Male Population	99
Female Population	109
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,101
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rangal compares

By the 2011 count Rangal is the 113th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, which puts it close to average, where the typical village holds 231 residents. Its 32.97 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

Getting to Rangal

Rangal is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rangal as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Rangal from other places

Rangal lies about 22 km from Pithoragarh, and the nearest railway station is Kathgodam, about 61 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 Rangal
Tehsil headquarters	Gangolihat	4.8 km
District headquarters	Pithoragarh	22 km
Nearest town	Pithorāgarh	22 km
Nearest railway station	Kathgodam	61 km

Villages closest to Rangal

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rangal village had a population of 208. That makes it the 113th largest of the 308 villages in the tehsil, close to average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 231 residents.

Rangal village has 99 males and 109 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rangal has about 1101 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is well below the tehsil average of 1159.

The pincode recorded for Rangal is 262522. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rangal covers 32.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Rangal falls under Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rangal is Kathgodam, about 61 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 10+ km distance for Rangal.

Rangal is about 22 km from Pithoragarh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rangal is in Gangolihat tehsil of Pithoragarh district. Gangolihat is about 4.8 km away. Pithoragarh is about 22 km away. Pithorāgarh is about 22 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.