About Rana Village

Rana is a mid sized village in Rajgarhi tehsil, in the district of Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 736, made up of 405 males and 331 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 817 females per 1000 males. The village covers 278.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 249141, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Rana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rana village
Description	Value
State	Uttarakhand
District	Uttarkashi
Tehsil	Rajgarhi
Pincode	249141
Area (hectares)	278.54 hectares
Population	736
Male Population	405
Female Population	331
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	817
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rana compares

By the 2011 count Rana is the 15th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 353 residents. Its 278.54 hectares work out to about 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

Getting to Rana

Rana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Rana 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 Rana from other places

Rana lies about 22 km from Uttarkashi, and the nearest railway station is Dehradun, about 75 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 Rana
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgarhi	15 km
District headquarters	Uttarkashi	22 km
Nearest town	Mussoorie	60 km
Nearest railway station	Dehradun	75 km

Villages closest to Rana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rana village had a population of 736. That makes it the 15th largest of the 180 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 353 residents.

Rana village has 405 males and 331 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rana has about 817 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 983.

The pincode recorded for Rana is 249141. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Rana covers 278.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rana falls under Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand.

The nearest railway station to Rana is Dehradun, about 75 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 Rana.

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

Rana is in Rajgarhi tehsil of Uttarkashi district. Rajgarhi is about 15 km away. Uttarkashi is about 22 km away. Mussoorie is about 60 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.