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About Ratania Khurd Khas Village

Ratania Khurd Khas is a mid sized village in Azamnagar tehsil, in the district of Katihar, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,230, made up of 639 males and 591 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 925 females per 1000 males. The village covers 219.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 855115, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratania Khurd Khas Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratania Khurd Khas village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Katihar
Tehsil Azamnagar
Pincode 855115
Area (hectares) 219.4 hectares
Population 1,230
Male Population 639
Female Population 591
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 925
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 Ratania Khurd Khas compares

By the 2011 count Ratania Khurd Khas is the 90th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents. Its 219.4 hectares work out to about 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Ratania Khurd Khas

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

Ratania Khurd Khas lies about 31 km from Katihar, and the nearest railway station is Azamnagar Road, about 2.3 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 Ratania Khurd Khas
Nearest railway station Azamnagar Road 2.3 km
Tehsil headquarters Azamnagar 4.8 km
Nearest town Rāiganj 26 km
District headquarters Katihar 31 km

Villages closest to Ratania Khurd Khas

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Azamnagar 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 Ratania Khurd Khas

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratania Khurd Khas village had a population of 1,230. That makes it the 90th largest of the 202 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,414 residents.

Ratania Khurd Khas village has 639 males and 591 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratania Khurd Khas has about 925 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, much in line with the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Ratania Khurd Khas is 855115. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratania Khurd Khas covers 219.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ratania Khurd Khas falls under Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratania Khurd Khas is Azamnagar Road, about 2.3 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 Ratania Khurd Khas.

Ratania Khurd Khas is about 31 km from Katihar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratania Khurd Khas is in Azamnagar tehsil of Katihar district. Azamnagar Road is about 2.3 km away. Azamnagar is about 4.8 km away. Rāiganj is about 26 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ratania Khurd (under 2 km), Santola (under 2 km) and Phulbari (under 2 km).

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

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