About Ranipur Village

Ranipur is a mid sized village in Colgong tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,723, made up of 944 males and 779 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 825 females per 1000 males. The village covers 112 hectares hectares.

Ranipur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranipur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Colgong
Area (hectares)	112 hectares
Population	1,723
Male Population	944
Female Population	779
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	825
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ranipur compares

By the 2011 count Ranipur is the 51st largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,374 residents. Its 112 hectares work out to about 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Getting to Ranipur

Ranipur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ranipur 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ranipur from other places

Ranipur lies about 34 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Shivanarayanpur, about 7.3 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 Ranipur
Nearest railway station	Shivanarayanpur	7.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Colgong	9.0 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	34 km

Villages closest to Ranipur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranipur village had a population of 1,723. That makes it the 51st largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,374 residents.

Ranipur village has 944 males and 779 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranipur has about 825 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 869.

Ranipur covers 112 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 15 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ranipur falls under Colgong tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ranipur is Shivanarayanpur, about 7.3 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

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

Ranipur is about 34 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranipur is in Colgong tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Shivanarayanpur is about 7.3 km away. Colgong is about 9.0 km away. Bhagalpur is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.