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About Ratna Chak Village

Ratna Chak is a small village in Barachatti tehsil, in the district of Gaya, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 55, made up of 30 males and 25 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 833 females per 1000 males. The village covers 10 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 824201, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratna Chak Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratna Chak village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Gaya
Tehsil Barachatti
Pincode 824201
Area (hectares) 10 hectares
Population 55
Male Population 30
Female Population 25
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 833
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratna Chak compares

By the 2011 count Ratna Chak is the 132nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents. Its 10 hectares work out to about 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Ratna Chak

Ratna Chak is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ratna Chak as Available within 5 - 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 Ratna Chak from other places

Ratna Chak lies about 24 km from Gaya, and the nearest railway station is Bansinala Halt, about 15 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 Ratna Chak
Nearest town Bagaha 6.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Barachatti 9.6 km
Nearest railway station Bansinala Halt 15 km
District headquarters Gaya 24 km

Villages closest to Ratna Chak

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

Common questions about Ratna Chak

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratna Chak village had a population of 55. That makes it the 132nd largest of the 138 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,008 residents.

Ratna Chak village has 30 males and 25 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratna Chak has about 833 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 971.

The pincode recorded for Ratna Chak is 824201. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratna Chak covers 10 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.5 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ratna Chak falls under Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratna Chak is Bansinala Halt, about 15 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ratna Chak.

Ratna Chak is about 24 km from Gaya in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratna Chak is in Barachatti tehsil of Gaya district. Bagaha is about 6.6 km away. Barachatti is about 9.6 km away. Bansinala Halt is about 15 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dhamna (1.6 km), Dumri (3.5 km) and Tetaria (3.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ratna Chak today is likely to be higher.

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