About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a mid sized village in Sonhaula tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,010, made up of 552 males and 458 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 830 females per 1000 males. The village covers 53 hectares hectares.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sonhaula
Area (hectares)	53 hectares
Population	1,010
Male Population	552
Female Population	458
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	830
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 Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 73rd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents. Its 53 hectares work out to about 19 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 907.

Getting to Ratanpur

Ratanpur is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ratanpur 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 Ratanpur from other places

Ratanpur lies about 20 km from Bhagalpur, and the nearest railway station is Kharik, about 4.4 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	Kharik	4.4 km
Nearest town	Naugachhia	12 km
Tehsil headquarters	Sonhaula	20 km
District headquarters	Bhagalpur	20 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Sonhaula 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 1,010. That makes it the 73rd largest of the 132 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,428 residents.

Ratanpur village has 552 males and 458 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 830 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 907.

Ratanpur covers 53 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 19 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ratanpur falls under Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Kharik, about 4.4 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 Ratanpur.

Ratanpur is about 20 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 Sonhaula tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Kharik is about 4.4 km away. Naugachhia is about 12 km away. Sonhaula is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.