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About Ratan Sagar Village

Ratan Sagar is a mid sized village in Patahi tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,933, made up of 1,040 males and 893 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 859 females per 1000 males. The village covers 137 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845427, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratan Sagar Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratan Sagar village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purba Champaran
Tehsil Patahi
Pincode 845427
Area (hectares) 137 hectares
Population 1,933
Male Population 1,040
Female Population 893
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 859
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratan Sagar compares

By the 2011 count Ratan Sagar is the 30th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 4,499 residents. Its 137 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

Getting to Ratan Sagar

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

How far is Ratan Sagar from other places

Ratan Sagar lies about 23 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Pipra, about 4.4 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 Ratan Sagar
Nearest railway station Pipra 4.4 km
Nearest town Chākia 11 km
District headquarters Purba Champaran 23 km
Tehsil headquarters Patahi 23 km

Villages closest to Ratan Sagar

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Patahi 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 Ratan Sagar

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratan Sagar village had a population of 1,933. That makes it the 30th largest of the 37 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 4,499 residents.

Ratan Sagar village has 1,040 males and 893 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratan Sagar has about 859 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 900.

The pincode recorded for Ratan Sagar is 845427. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratan Sagar covers 137 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ratan Sagar falls under Patahi tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratan Sagar is Pipra, about 4.4 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 village and private bus service as Available within village for Ratan Sagar.

Ratan Sagar is about 23 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratan Sagar is in Patahi tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Pipra is about 4.4 km away. Chākia is about 11 km away. Purba Champaran is about 23 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Dewapur (3.4 km), Balua Urf Dumri Gobind (5.3 km) and Dumri Baiju (5.3 km).

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

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