Ranga | |
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Village | |
  Ranga Location in Jharkhand, India  Ranga Ranga (India) | |
| Coordinates: 24°51′22″N 87°41′17″E / 24.856231°N 87.687972°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Jharkhand |
| District | Sahibganj |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 663 |
| Languages (*For language details see Pathna#Language and religion) | |
| • Official | Hindi, Urdu |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 816101 |
| Telephone/ STD code | 06426 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Rajmahal |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Rajmahal |
| Website | sahibganj |
Ranga is a village in the Pathna CD block in the Rajmahal subdivision of the Sahibganj district in the Indian state of Jharkhand.
Geography[edit | edit source]
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Location[edit | edit source]
Ranga is located at 24°51′22″N 87°41′17″E / 24.856231°N 87.687972°E.
Ranga has an area of 104 hectares (260 acres).[1]
Overview[edit | edit source]
The map shows a hilly area with the Rajmahal hills running from the bank of the Ganges in the extreme north to the south, beyond the area covered by the map into Dumka district. ‘Farakka’ is marked on the map and that is where Farakka Barrage is, just inside West Bengal. Rajmahal coalfield is shown in the map. The entire area is overwhelmingly rural with only small pockets of urbanisation.[2]
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Demographics[edit | edit source]
According to the 2011 Census of India, Ranga a total population of 663, of which 327 (49%) were males and 336 (51%) were females. Population in the age range 0-6 years was 144. The total number of literate persons in Ranga was 342 (65.90% of the population over 6 years). [1]
Civic administration[edit | edit source]
Police station[edit | edit source]
Ranga police station serves the Pathna CD block.[3][4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "District Census Handbook, Sahibganj, Series 21, Part XII B" (PDF). Page 25: District Primary Census Abstract, 2011 census. Directorate of Census Operations Jharkhand. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ↑ Roychoudhury, P.C. "Bihar District Gazetteers: Santhal Parganas". Chapter I: General. Secretariat Press, Patna, 1965. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ↑ "District Police Profile - Sahibganj". Jharkhand Police. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
- ↑ "Police". Government of Jharkhand. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
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