About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a mid sized village in Dhanwar tehsil, in the district of Giridih, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 607, made up of 319 males and 288 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 903 females per 1000 males. The village covers 43 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825418, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Giridih
Tehsil	Dhanwar
Pincode	825418
Area (hectares)	43 hectares
Population	607
Male Population	319
Female Population	288
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	903
Bus Service (public)	Available within 10+ km distance
Bus Service (private)	Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 138th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 959 residents. Its 43 hectares work out to about 14 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

Getting to Ratanpur

Ratanpur is a little way from the nearest bus route, and further still from the railway. The census records public bus service for Ratanpur as Available within 10+ km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 5 - 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 50 km from Giridih, and the nearest railway station is Dhanwar, about 7.3 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	Dhanwar	7.3 km
Nearest town	Barki Saria	29 km
District headquarters	Giridih	50 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Dhanwar 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 607. That makes it the 138th largest of the 248 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 959 residents.

Ratanpur village has 319 males and 288 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 903 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 933.

The pincode recorded for Ratanpur is 825418. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratanpur covers 43 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 14 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ratanpur falls under Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Dhanwar, about 7.3 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 5 - 10 km distance for Ratanpur.

Ratanpur is about 50 km from Giridih in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpur is in Dhanwar tehsil of Giridih district. Dhanwar is about 7.3 km away. Barki Saria is about 29 km away. Giridih is about 50 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.