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About Ransagar Village

Ransagar is a mid sized village in Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil, in the district of Murshidabad, West Bengal. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,351, made up of 720 males and 631 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 876 females per 1000 males. The village covers 128.04 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 742113, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ransagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ransagar village
Description Value
State West Bengal
District Murshidabad
Tehsil Murshidabad Jiaganj
Pincode 742113
Area (hectares) 128.04 hectares
Population 1,351
Male Population 720
Female Population 631
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 876
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ransagar compares

By the 2011 count Ransagar is the 60th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents. Its 128.04 hectares work out to about 11 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

Getting to Ransagar

Ransagar is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ransagar 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ransagar from other places

Ransagar lies about 28 km from Murshidabad, and the nearest railway station is Subarnamrigi, about 27 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 Ransagar
Nearest railway station Subarnamrigi 27 km
Tehsil headquarters Murshidabad Jiaganj 28 km
District headquarters Murshidabad 28 km
Nearest town Murshidābād 28 km

Villages closest to Ransagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Murshidabad Jiaganj 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.

Common questions about Ransagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ransagar village had a population of 1,351. That makes it the 60th largest of the 127 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,847 residents.

Ransagar village has 720 males and 631 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ransagar has about 876 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 941.

The pincode recorded for Ransagar is 742113. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ransagar covers 128.04 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 11 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ransagar falls under Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil of Murshidabad district in West Bengal.

The nearest railway station to Ransagar is Subarnamrigi, about 27 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ransagar.

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

Ransagar is in Murshidabad Jiaganj tehsil of Murshidabad district. Subarnamrigi is about 27 km away. Murshidabad Jiaganj is about 28 km away. Murshidabad is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kapasdanda (23 km), Birampur (33 km) and Rampur (33 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ransagar today is likely to be higher.

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