Ranga, Sahibganj
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Ranga is a village in the
Pathna Pathna is a Community development block in India, community development block that forms an administrative division in the Rajmahal subdivision of the Sahibganj district, Jharkhand States and territories of India, state, India. Geography Pathn ...
CD block in the
Rajmahal subdivision Rajmahal subdivision is an Administrative divisions of India, administrative subdivision of the Sahibganj district in the Santhal Pargana division in the state of Jharkhand, India. History As a result of the Santhal rebellion, Act XXXVII of 1855 w ...
of the
Sahibganj district Sahibganj district is one of the twenty-four districts of Jharkhand state, India, and Sahibganj is the administrative headquarters of this district. Divisions Sahibganj district is divided into two subdivions: Sahibganj subdivision and Rajmahal ...
in the
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Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in East India, eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north ...
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Geography


Location

Ranga is located at . Ranga has an area of .


Overview

The map shows a hilly area with the
Rajmahal hills The Rajmahal Hills are located in the Santhal Pargana division of Jharkhand, India. They were located on the northern margin of the Gondwana supercontinent, and its hills are today inhabited by the Sauria Paharia people whilst its valleys are do ...
running from the bank of the
Ganges The Ganges ( ; in India: Ganga, ; in Bangladesh: Padma, ). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary rive ...
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. Note: The full screen map is interesting. All places marked on the map are linked and you can easily move on to another page of your choice. Enlarge the map to see what else is there – one gets railway links, many more road links and so on.


Demographics

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).


Civic administration


Police station

Ranga police station serves the Pathna CD block.


References

{{Santhal Parganas Division Villages in Sahibganj district