About Ranakot Village

Ranakot is a mid sized village in Narendranagar tehsil, in the district of Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 985, made up of 412 males and 573 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,391 females per 1000 males. The village covers 212.22 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249146, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranakot Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranakot village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Tehri Garhwal
Tehsil	Narendranagar
Pincode	249146
Area (hectares)	212.22 hectares
Population	985
Male Population	412
Female Population	573
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,391
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ranakot compares

By the 2011 count Ranakot is among the largest villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 289 residents. Its 212.22 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

Getting to Ranakot

Ranakot is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ranakot 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 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ranakot from other places

Ranakot lies about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal, and the nearest railway station is Rishikesh, about 24 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 Ranakot
District headquarters	Tehri Garhwal	16 km
Nearest town	Tehri	16 km
Tehsil headquarters	Narendranagar	20 km
Nearest railway station	Rishikesh	24 km

Villages closest to Ranakot

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranakot village had a population of 985. That makes it among the largest villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 289 residents.

Ranakot village has 412 males and 573 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranakot has about 1391 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 1109.

The pincode recorded for Ranakot is 249146. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranakot covers 212.22 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranakot falls under Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Ranakot is Rishikesh, about 24 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ranakot.

Ranakot is about 16 km from Tehri Garhwal in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranakot is in Narendranagar tehsil of Tehri Garhwal district. Tehri Garhwal is about 16 km away. Tehri is about 16 km away. Narendranagar is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.