About Ran Gaon Village

Ran Gaon is a small village in Dhanaulti tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 114, made up of 57 males and 57 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 99.26 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 248179, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ran Gaon Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ran Gaon village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Dhanaulti
Pincode	248179
Area (hectares)	99.26 hectares
Population	114
Male Population	57
Female Population	57
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Ran Gaon compares

By the 2011 count Ran Gaon is the 199th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 286 residents. Its 99.26 hectares work out to about 1.1 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 1004.

Getting to Ran Gaon

Ran Gaon is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ran Gaon 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 Ran Gaon from other places

Ran Gaon lies about 42 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 20 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 Ran Gaon
Nearest town	Mussoorie	4.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Dhanaulti	20 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	20 km
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	42 km

Villages closest to Ran Gaon

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanaulti 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 Ran Gaon

As per the Census of India 2011, Ran Gaon village had a population of 114. That makes it the 199th largest of the 254 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 286 residents.

Ran Gaon village has 57 males and 57 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ran Gaon has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1004.

The pincode recorded for Ran Gaon is 248179. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ran Gaon covers 99.26 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.1 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ran Gaon falls under Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ran Gaon is Dehradun, about 20 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 Ran Gaon.

Ran Gaon is about 42 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ran Gaon is in Dhanaulti tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Mussoorie is about 4.3 km away. Dhanaulti is about 20 km away. Dehradun is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.