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About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a small village in Lakhipur tehsil, in the district of Cachar, Assam. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 137, made up of 72 males and 65 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 172 hectares hectares.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description Value
State Assam
District Cachar
Tehsil Lakhipur
Area (hectares) 172 hectares
Population 137
Male Population 72
Female Population 65
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 903
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 391st largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents. Its 172 hectares work out to about 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Getting to Ratanpur

The census records public bus service for Ratanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. 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 Ratanpur from other places

Ratanpur lies about 9.5 km from Cachar, and the nearest railway station is Arunachal Junction, about 2.7 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 Ratanpur
Nearest railway station Arunachal Junction 2.7 km
Nearest town Silchar 8.3 km
District headquarters Cachar 9.5 km
Tehsil headquarters Lakhipur 30 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratanpur village had a population of 137. That makes it the 391st largest of the 453 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,178 residents.

Ratanpur village has 72 males and 65 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 965.

Ratanpur covers 172 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ratanpur falls under Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district in Assam.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Arunachal Junction, about 2.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ratanpur.

Ratanpur is about 9.5 km from Cachar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpur is in Lakhipur tehsil of Cachar district. Arunachal Junction is about 2.7 km away. Silchar is about 8.3 km away. Cachar is about 9.5 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Algapur Pt I (3.8 km), Algapur Pt Ii (3.8 km) and Digor Fulertol Pt Ii (4.9 km).

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

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