About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a mid sized village in Kotwa tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,516, made up of 823 males and 693 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 842 females per 1000 males. The village covers 150.9 hectares hectares.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Kotwa
Area (hectares)	150.9 hectares
Population	1,516
Male Population	823
Female Population	693
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	842
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 32nd largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,969 residents. Its 150.9 hectares work out to about 10 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 887.

Getting to Ratanpur

Ratanpur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ratanpur as Available within village. 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 - 10 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ratanpur from other places

Ratanpur lies about 14 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Jiwdhara, about 4.6 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 Ratanpur
Tehsil headquarters	Kotwa	3.6 km
Nearest railway station	Jiwdhara	4.6 km
Nearest town	Mothīhāri	12 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	14 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratanpur village had a population of 1,516. That makes it the 32nd largest of the 42 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,969 residents.

Ratanpur village has 823 males and 693 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 842 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 887.

Ratanpur covers 150.9 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 10 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ratanpur falls under Kotwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Jiwdhara, about 4.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 5 - 10 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance for Ratanpur.

Ratanpur is about 14 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpur is in Kotwa tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Kotwa is about 3.6 km away. Jiwdhara is about 4.6 km away. Mothīhāri is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.