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About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a mid sized village in Kalyanpur tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,227, made up of 648 males and 579 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 894 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195 hectares hectares.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Samastipur
Tehsil Kalyanpur
Area (hectares) 195 hectares
Population 1,227
Male Population 648
Female Population 579
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 894
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 74th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 2,624 residents. Its 195 hectares work out to about 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Getting to Ratanpur

Ratanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ratanpur as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 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 Ratanpur from other places

Ratanpur lies about 140 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Banahi, about 7.3 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
Nearest railway station Banahi 7.3 km
Nearest town Bela 7.7 km
Tehsil headquarters Kalyanpur 11 km
District headquarters Samastipur 140 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratanpur village had a population of 1,227. That makes it the 74th largest of the 109 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 2,624 residents.

Ratanpur village has 648 males and 579 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 894 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 949.

Ratanpur covers 195 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 6.3 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ratanpur falls under Kalyanpur tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Banahi, about 7.3 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 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ratanpur.

Ratanpur is about 140 km from Samastipur in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpur is in Kalyanpur tehsil of Samastipur district. Banahi is about 7.3 km away. Bela is about 7.7 km away. Kalyanpur is about 11 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Gopalpur (under 2 km), Gopalpur Chaki Dhab (under 2 km) and Jitwaria (3.8 km).

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

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