About Rata Village

Rata is a large village in Phulidumar tehsil, in the district of Banka, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,004, made up of 2,143 males and 1,861 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 967 hectares hectares.

Rata Overview

Census 2011 figures for Rata village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Banka
Tehsil	Phulidumar
Area (hectares)	967 hectares
Population	4,004
Male Population	2,143
Female Population	1,861
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Rata compares

By the 2011 count Rata is the 7th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents. Its 967 hectares work out to about 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Getting to Rata

Rata is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Rata as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. 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 Rata from other places

Rata lies about 36 km from Banka, and the nearest railway station is Khariapipra Halt, about 23 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 Rata
Nearest town	Kharagpur	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phulidumar	19 km
Nearest railway station	Khariapipra Halt	23 km
District headquarters	Banka	36 km

Villages closest to Rata

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Rata village had a population of 4,004. That makes it the 7th largest of the 112 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,118 residents.

Rata village has 2,143 males and 1,861 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Rata has about 868 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 898.

Rata covers 967 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Rata falls under Phulidumar tehsil of Banka district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Rata is Khariapipra Halt, about 23 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Rata.

Rata is about 36 km from Banka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Rata is in Phulidumar tehsil of Banka district. Kharagpur is about 12 km away. Phulidumar is about 19 km away. Khariapipra Halt is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.