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About Ratwara Village

Ratwara is a large village in Musahri tehsil, in the district of Muzaffarpur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 2,129, made up of 1,146 males and 983 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 858 females per 1000 males. The village covers 29 hectares hectares.

Ratwara Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratwara village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Muzaffarpur
Tehsil Musahri
Area (hectares) 29 hectares
Population 2,129
Male Population 1,146
Female Population 983
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 858
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ratwara compares

By the 2011 count Ratwara is the 47th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,768 residents. Its 29 hectares work out to about 73 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 895.

Getting to Ratwara

Ratwara is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ratwara 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ratwara from other places

Ratwara lies about 133 km from Muzaffarpur, and the nearest railway station is Tamkuhi Road, about under 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 Ratwara
Nearest railway station Tamkuhi Road under 2 km
Nearest town Kataiya 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Musahri 26 km
District headquarters Muzaffarpur 133 km

Villages closest to Ratwara

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratwara village had a population of 2,129. That makes it the 47th largest of the 108 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,768 residents.

Ratwara village has 1,146 males and 983 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratwara has about 858 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 895.

Ratwara covers 29 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 73 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ratwara falls under Musahri tehsil of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratwara is Tamkuhi Road, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Ratwara.

Ratwara is about 133 km from Muzaffarpur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratwara is in Musahri tehsil of Muzaffarpur district. Tamkuhi Road is about under 2 km away. Kataiya is about 23 km away. Musahri 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 Bara Jagarnath (5.7 km), Makundpur (10 km) and Saraiya Sadullahpur (11 km).

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

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