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About Ratanpurwa Village

Ratanpurwa is a small village in Gaunaha tehsil, in the district of Pashchim Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 482, made up of 235 males and 247 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,051 females per 1000 males. The village covers 91.9 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845455, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratanpurwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpurwa village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Pashchim Champaran
Tehsil Gaunaha
Pincode 845455
Area (hectares) 91.9 hectares
Population 482
Male Population 235
Female Population 247
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 1,051
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ratanpurwa compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpurwa is the 108th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents. Its 91.9 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 925.

Getting to Ratanpurwa

Ratanpurwa is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ratanpurwa 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 <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ratanpurwa from other places

Ratanpurwa lies about 34 km from Pashchim Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Gaunaha, about 2.7 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 Ratanpurwa
Nearest railway station Gaunaha 2.7 km
Nearest town Narkatiāganj 21 km
District headquarters Pashchim Champaran 34 km

Villages closest to Ratanpurwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratanpurwa village had a population of 482. That makes it the 108th largest of the 128 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,287 residents.

Ratanpurwa village has 235 males and 247 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpurwa has about 1051 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 925.

The pincode recorded for Ratanpurwa is 845455. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratanpurwa covers 91.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ratanpurwa falls under Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpurwa is Gaunaha, about 2.7 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ratanpurwa.

Ratanpurwa is about 34 km from Pashchim Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpurwa is in Gaunaha tehsil of Pashchim Champaran district. Gaunaha is about 2.7 km away. Narkatiāganj is about 21 km away. Pashchim Champaran is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Ratni (under 2 km), Parsanda (under 2 km) and Dumaria (under 2 km).

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

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