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About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a mid sized village in Poreyahat tehsil, in the district of Godda, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,731, made up of 909 males and 822 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 904 females per 1000 males. The village covers 195 hectares hectares.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Godda
Tehsil Poreyahat
Area (hectares) 195 hectares
Population 1,731
Male Population 909
Female Population 822
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 904
Bus Service (public) Available
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available

How Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 31st largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, which puts it well above average, where the typical village holds 957 residents. Its 195 hectares work out to about 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Getting to Ratanpur

Ratanpur is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Ratanpur as Available. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Ratanpur from other places

Ratanpur lies about 13 km from Godda, and the nearest railway station is Danre Halt, about 6.4 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 Danre Halt 6.4 km
District headquarters Godda 13 km
Tehsil headquarters Poreyahat 13 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

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

Common questions about Ratanpur

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratanpur village had a population of 1,731. That makes it the 31st largest of the 190 villages in the tehsil, well above average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 957 residents.

Ratanpur village has 909 males and 822 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 904 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 971.

Ratanpur covers 195 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 8.9 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ratanpur falls under Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Danre Halt, about 6.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available.

The census records public bus service as Available and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Ratanpur.

Ratanpur is about 13 km from Godda in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpur is in Poreyahat tehsil of Godda district. Danre Halt is about 6.4 km away. Godda is about 13 km away. Poreyahat is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Liladah (under 2 km), Asarimadhuri (under 2 km) and Jagarnathpur (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Ratanpur today is likely to be higher.

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