About Ratan Pur Village

Ratan Pur is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 87, made up of 47 males and 40 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 851 females per 1000 males. The village covers 18.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratan Pur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratan Pur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171103
Area (hectares)	18.8 hectares
Population	87
Male Population	47
Female Population	40
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	851
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratan Pur compares

By the 2011 count Ratan Pur is the 271st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 18.8 hectares work out to about 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Ratan Pur

Ratan Pur is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Ratan Pur 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 Pur from other places

Ratan Pur lies about 14 km from Shimla, and the nearest railway station is Jutogh, about 11 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 Pur
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	14 km
District headquarters	Shimla	14 km

Villages closest to Ratan Pur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Shimla Rural 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 Ratan Pur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratan Pur village had a population of 87. That makes it the 271st largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Ratan Pur village has 47 males and 40 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratan Pur has about 851 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Ratan Pur is 171103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratan Pur covers 18.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.6 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ratan Pur falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ratan Pur is Jutogh, about 11 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 Pur.

Ratan Pur is about 14 km from Shimla in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratan Pur is in Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district. Jutogh is about 11 km away. Shimla Rural is about 14 km away. Shimla is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.