About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a large village in Sultanganj tehsil, in the district of Bhagalpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,872, made up of 2,052 males and 1,820 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 887 females per 1000 males. The village covers 198 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 813201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Bhagalpur
Tehsil	Sultanganj
Pincode	813201
Area (hectares)	198 hectares
Population	3,872
Male Population	2,052
Female Population	1,820
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	887
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 15th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents. Its 198 hectares work out to about 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

Getting to Ratanpur

Ratanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ratanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 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	Sultanganj	20 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 Sultanganj 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 3,872. That makes it the 15th largest of the 67 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,786 residents.

Ratanpur village has 2,052 males and 1,820 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 887 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 908.

The pincode recorded for Ratanpur is 813201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratanpur covers 198 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 20 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ratanpur falls under Sultanganj 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance 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 Sultanganj tehsil of Bhagalpur district. Ratanpur is about 2.2 km away. Jamālpur is about 6.3 km away. Sultanganj is about 20 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.