About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a large village in Shahkund tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,471, made up of 2,394 males and 2,077 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 868 females per 1000 males. The village covers 323 hectares hectares.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Shahkund
Area (hectares)	323 hectares
Population	4,471
Male Population	2,394
Female Population	2,077
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	868
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 8th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents. Its 323 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 886.

Getting to Ratanpur

Ratanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ratanpur 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 10+ 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 43 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Ratanpur, about 2.2 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	Ratanpur	2.2 km
Nearest town	Jamālpur	6.3 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shahkund	31 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	43 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratanpur village had a population of 4,471. That makes it the 8th largest of the 97 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,726 residents.

Ratanpur village has 2,394 males and 2,077 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur 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 886.

Ratanpur covers 323 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ratanpur falls under Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Ratanpur, about 2.2 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ratanpur.

Ratanpur is about 43 km from Bhagalpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpur is in Shahkund tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ratanpur is about 2.2 km away. Jamālpur is about 6.3 km away. Shahkund is about 31 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.