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About Ranipatra Village

Ranipatra is a mid sized village in Purnia East tehsil, in the district of Purnia, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,757, made up of 925 males and 832 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 899 females per 1000 males. The village covers 339 hectares hectares.

Ranipatra Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranipatra village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Purnia
Tehsil Purnia East
Area (hectares) 339 hectares
Population 1,757
Male Population 925
Female Population 832
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 899
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 5 - 10 km distance

How Ranipatra compares

By the 2011 count Ranipatra is the 34th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents. Its 339 hectares work out to about 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Getting to Ranipatra

Ranipatra is reached by bus from a few kilometres away, with rail a longer trip. The census records public bus service for Ranipatra as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 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 Ranipatra from other places

Ranipatra lies about 8.6 km from Purnia, and the nearest railway station is Ranipatra, about 2.2 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 Ranipatra
Nearest railway station Ranipatra 2.2 km
Tehsil headquarters Purnia East 8.6 km
District headquarters Purnia 8.6 km

Villages closest to Ranipatra

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Purnia East 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 Ranipatra

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranipatra village had a population of 1,757. That makes it the 34th largest of the 74 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,190 residents.

Ranipatra village has 925 males and 832 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranipatra has about 899 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, a little below the tehsil average of 936.

Ranipatra covers 339 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 5.2 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ranipatra falls under Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ranipatra is Ranipatra, about 2.2 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ranipatra.

Ranipatra is about 8.6 km from Purnia in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranipatra is in Purnia East tehsil of Purnia district. Ranipatra is about 2.2 km away. Purnia East is about 8.6 km away. Purnia is about 8.6 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Raipur Ranipatra (under 2 km), Kathua (under 2 km) and Dilia Hasanabad (1.5 km).

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

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