About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a small village in Shimla Rural tehsil, in the district of Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 13, made up of 6 males and 7 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,167 females per 1000 males. The village covers 44 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 171301, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Shimla
Tehsil	Shimla Rural
Pincode	171301
Area (hectares)	44 hectares
Population	13
Male Population	6
Female Population	7
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,167
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 488th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 154 residents. Its 44 hectares work out to about 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

Getting to Ratanpur

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

Ratanpur 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 Ratanpur
Nearest railway station	Jutogh	11 km
Tehsil headquarters	Shimla Rural	14 km
District headquarters	Shimla	14 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

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 Ratanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratanpur village had a population of 13. That makes it the 488th largest of the 516 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 154 residents.

Ratanpur village has 6 males and 7 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 1167 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 987.

The pincode recorded for Ratanpur is 171301. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratanpur covers 44 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 0.3 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ratanpur falls under Shimla Rural tehsil of Shimla district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur 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 Ratanpur.

Ratanpur 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.

Ratanpur 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.