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About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a mid sized village in Warisnagar tehsil, in the district of Samastipur, Bihar. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,345, made up of 695 males and 650 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 935 females per 1000 males. The village covers 135.97 hectares hectares.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description Value
State Bihar
District Samastipur
Tehsil Warisnagar
Area (hectares) 135.97 hectares
Population 1,345
Male Population 695
Female Population 650
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 935
Bus Service (public) Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 46th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 3,219 residents. Its 135.97 hectares work out to about 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

Getting to Ratanpur

The census records public bus service for Ratanpur as Available within 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 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 11 km from Samastipur, and the nearest railway station is Kishanpur, about 1.6 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
Nearest railway station Kishanpur 1.6 km
Tehsil headquarters Warisnagar 3.7 km
District headquarters Samastipur 11 km
Nearest town Samāstipur 11 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Warisnagar 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 1,345. That makes it the 46th largest of the 63 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 3,219 residents.

Ratanpur village has 695 males and 650 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 935 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 899.

Ratanpur covers 135.97 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ratanpur falls under Warisnagar tehsil of Samastipur district in Bihar.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Kishanpur, about 1.6 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

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

Ratanpur is about 11 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 Warisnagar tehsil of Samastipur district. Kishanpur is about 1.6 km away. Warisnagar is about 3.7 km away. Samastipur 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 Dhanhar (1.7 km), Raghunathpur (1.9 km) and Babupur (1.9 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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