About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a small village in Kathikund tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 216, made up of 108 males and 108 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 102.39 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814103, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Kathikund
Pincode	814103
Area (hectares)	102.39 hectares
Population	216
Male Population	108
Female Population	108
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,000
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 Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 114th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well below average, where the typical village holds 372 residents. Its 102.39 hectares work out to about 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Ratanpur

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

Ratanpur lies about 28 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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	Basukinath Railway Station	21 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kathikund	28 km
District headquarters	Dumka	28 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Kathikund 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 216. That makes it the 114th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, well below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 372 residents.

Ratanpur village has 108 males and 108 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, though that is a little below the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Ratanpur is 814103. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratanpur covers 102.39 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 2.1 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Ratanpur falls under Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Basukinath Railway Station, about 21 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 Ratanpur.

Ratanpur is about 28 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpur is in Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district. Basukinath Railway Station is about 21 km away. Kathikund is about 28 km away. Dumka is about 28 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.