About Ranipahari Village

Ranipahari is a small village in Kathikund tehsil, in the district of Dumka, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 452, made up of 225 males and 227 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,009 females per 1000 males. The village covers 257.16 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 814145, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ranipahari Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ranipahari village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Dumka
Tehsil	Kathikund
Pincode	814145
Area (hectares)	257.16 hectares
Population	452
Male Population	225
Female Population	227
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,009
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 Ranipahari compares

By the 2011 count Ranipahari is the 47th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little above average, where the typical village holds 372 residents. Its 257.16 hectares work out to about 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1021.

Getting to Ranipahari

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

Ranipahari lies about 34 km from Dumka, and the nearest railway station is Harinsing, 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 Ranipahari
Nearest railway station	Harinsing	5.2 km
Nearest town	Rampur Hat	24 km
Tehsil headquarters	Kathikund	34 km
District headquarters	Dumka	34 km

Villages closest to Ranipahari

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 Ranipahari

As per the Census of India 2011, Ranipahari village had a population of 452. That makes it the 47th largest of the 184 villages in the tehsil, a little above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 372 residents.

Ranipahari village has 225 males and 227 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ranipahari has about 1009 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1021.

The pincode recorded for Ranipahari is 814145. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ranipahari covers 257.16 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.8 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ranipahari falls under Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ranipahari is Harinsing, 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 Ranipahari.

Ranipahari is about 34 km from Dumka in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ranipahari is in Kathikund tehsil of Dumka district. Harinsing is about 5.2 km away. Rampur Hat is about 24 km away. Kathikund is about 34 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.