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About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a small village in Chauparan tehsil, in the district of Hazaribagh, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 481, made up of 252 males and 229 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 909 females per 1000 males. The village covers 52.17 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 825606, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Hazaribagh
Tehsil Chauparan
Pincode 825606
Area (hectares) 52.17 hectares
Population 481
Male Population 252
Female Population 229
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 909
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 112th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 658 residents. Its 52.17 hectares work out to about 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

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 44 km from Hazaribagh, and the nearest railway station is Barhi, about 11 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
Tehsil headquarters Chauparan 10 km
Nearest railway station Barhi 11 km
Nearest town Jhumri Telaiya 18 km
District headquarters Hazaribagh 44 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Chauparan 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 481. That makes it the 112th largest of the 220 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 658 residents.

Ratanpur village has 252 males and 229 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 909 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, well below the tehsil average of 1035.

The pincode recorded for Ratanpur is 825606. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratanpur covers 52.17 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 9.2 people per hectare, moderately settled.

Ratanpur falls under Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Barhi, about 11 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 44 km from Hazaribagh in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpur is in Chauparan tehsil of Hazaribagh district. Chauparan is about 10 km away. Barhi is about 11 km away. Jhumri Telaiya is about 18 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Sonpura (under 2 km), Ramjita (under 2 km) and Selahra Kalan (under 2 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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