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About Ranisarai Village

Ranisarai is a large village in Bakhtiarpur tehsil, in the district of Patna, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 4,015, made up of 2,160 males and 1,855 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 25 hectares hectares.

Ranisarai Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranisarai village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Patna
Tehsil Bakhtiarpur
Area (hectares) 25 hectares
Population 4,015
Male Population 2,160
Female Population 1,855
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within village

How Ranisarai compares

By the 2011 count Ranisarai is the 13th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 3,455 residents. Its 25 hectares work out to about 161 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 874.

Getting to Ranisarai

Ranisarai 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 Ranisarai 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 village. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ranisarai from other places

Ranisarai lies about 44 km from Patna, and the nearest railway station is Bakhtiyarpur Junction, about 1.8 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 Ranisarai
Tehsil headquarters Bakhtiarpur 1.6 km
Nearest railway station Bakhtiyarpur Junction 1.8 km
District headquarters Patna 44 km

Villages closest to Ranisarai

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranisarai village had a population of 4,015. That makes it the 13th largest of the 50 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,455 residents.

Ranisarai village has 2,160 males and 1,855 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranisarai has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 874.

Ranisarai covers 25 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 161 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ranisarai falls under Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Patna district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ranisarai is Bakhtiyarpur Junction, about 1.8 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within village.

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

Ranisarai is about 44 km from Patna in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranisarai is in Bakhtiarpur tehsil of Patna district. Bakhtiarpur is about 1.6 km away. Bakhtiyarpur Junction is about 1.8 km away. Patna is about 44 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Mohammadpur (under 2 km), Mirdaha Chak (under 2 km) and Karanauti (2.0 km).

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

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