About Ratana Village

Ratana is a mid sized village in Rajgir tehsil, in the district of Nalanda, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,609, made up of 853 males and 756 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 886 females per 1000 males. The village covers 284 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 803116, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratana Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratana village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Nalanda
Tehsil	Rajgir
Pincode	803116
Area (hectares)	284 hectares
Population	1,609
Male Population	853
Female Population	756
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	886
Bus Service (public)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratana compares

By the 2011 count Ratana is the 18th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,808 residents. Its 284 hectares work out to about 5.7 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 926.

Getting to Ratana

Ratana is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ratana as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. 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 Ratana from other places

Ratana lies about 25 km from Nalanda, and the nearest railway station is Katari, about 6.1 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 Ratana
Nearest railway station	Katari	6.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Rajgir	9.7 km
Nearest town	Rājgīr	9.7 km
District headquarters	Nalanda	25 km

Villages closest to Ratana

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratana village had a population of 1,609. That makes it the 18th largest of the 49 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,808 residents.

Ratana village has 853 males and 756 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratana has about 886 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 926.

The pincode recorded for Ratana is 803116. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratana covers 284 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.7 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ratana falls under Rajgir tehsil of Nalanda district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratana is Katari, about 6.1 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 village for Ratana.

Ratana is about 25 km from Nalanda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratana is in Rajgir tehsil of Nalanda district. Katari is about 6.1 km away. Rajgir is about 9.7 km away. Rājgīr is about 9.7 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.