About Ratanwa Village

Ratanwa is a mid sized village in Phenhara tehsil, in the district of Purba Champaran, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,151, made up of 618 males and 533 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 862 females per 1000 males. The village covers 55.4 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 845420, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratanwa Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanwa village
Description	Value
State	Bihar
District	Purba Champaran
Tehsil	Phenhara
Pincode	845420
Area (hectares)	55.4 hectares
Population	1,151
Male Population	618
Female Population	533
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	862
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratanwa compares

By the 2011 count Ratanwa is the 21st largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents. Its 55.4 hectares work out to about 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 876.

Getting to Ratanwa

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

How far is Ratanwa from other places

Ratanwa lies about 78 km from Purba Champaran, and the nearest railway station is Shilhauri Halt, about under 2 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 Ratanwa
Nearest railway station	Shilhauri Halt	under 2 km
Nearest town	Marhaura	4.1 km
Tehsil headquarters	Phenhara	13 km
District headquarters	Purba Champaran	78 km

Villages closest to Ratanwa

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratanwa village had a population of 1,151. That makes it the 21st largest of the 25 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,187 residents.

Ratanwa village has 618 males and 533 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanwa has about 862 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, much in line with the tehsil average of 876.

The pincode recorded for Ratanwa is 845420. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratanwa covers 55.4 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 21 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ratanwa falls under Phenhara tehsil of Purba Champaran district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratanwa is Shilhauri Halt, about under 2 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 5 - 10 km distance for Ratanwa.

Ratanwa is about 78 km from Purba Champaran in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanwa is in Phenhara tehsil of Purba Champaran district. Shilhauri Halt is about under 2 km away. Marhaura is about 4.1 km away. Phenhara is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.