About Ratanbad Village

Ratanbad is a small village in Devipur tehsil, in the district of Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 186, made up of 89 males and 97 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,090 females per 1000 males. The village covers 63.49 hectares hectares.

Ratanbad Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanbad village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Deoghar
Tehsil	Devipur
Area (hectares)	63.49 hectares
Population	186
Male Population	89
Female Population	97
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,090
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratanbad compares

By the 2011 count Ratanbad is the 168th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 484 residents. Its 63.49 hectares work out to about 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Getting to Ratanbad

Ratanbad is fairly remote, with both bus and rail more than ten kilometres away. The census records public bus service for Ratanbad as Available within 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 Ratanbad from other places

Ratanbad lies about 40 km from Deoghar, and the nearest railway station is Maheshmunda Junction, about 5.2 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 Ratanbad
Nearest railway station	Maheshmunda Junction	5.2 km
Nearest town	Giridih	13 km
Tehsil headquarters	Devipur	24 km
District headquarters	Deoghar	40 km

Villages closest to Ratanbad

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratanbad village had a population of 186. That makes it the 168th largest of the 216 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 484 residents.

Ratanbad village has 89 males and 97 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanbad has about 1090 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, well above the tehsil average of 945.

Ratanbad covers 63.49 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.9 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ratanbad falls under Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ratanbad is Maheshmunda Junction, about 5.2 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 10+ km distance and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ratanbad.

Ratanbad is about 40 km from Deoghar in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanbad is in Devipur tehsil of Deoghar district. Maheshmunda Junction is about 5.2 km away. Giridih is about 13 km away. Devipur is about 24 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.