About Ratung Village

Ratung is a small village in Bandgaon tehsil, in the district of Pashchimi Singhbhum, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 282, made up of 141 males and 141 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,000 females per 1000 males. The village covers 191 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 835216, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratung Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratung village
Description	Value
State	Jharkhand
District	Pashchimi Singhbhum
Tehsil	Bandgaon
Pincode	835216
Area (hectares)	191 hectares
Population	282
Male Population	141
Female Population	141
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 Ratung compares

By the 2011 count Ratung is the 105th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 410 residents. Its 191 hectares work out to about 1.5 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 1007.

Getting to Ratung

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

Ratung lies about 38 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum, and the nearest railway station is Chakradharpur, about 29 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 Ratung
Tehsil headquarters	Bandgaon	8.0 km
Nearest railway station	Chakradharpur	29 km
District headquarters	Pashchimi Singhbhum	38 km

Villages closest to Ratung

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

As per the Census of India 2011, Ratung village had a population of 282. That makes it the 105th largest of the 209 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 410 residents.

Ratung village has 141 males and 141 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratung has about 1000 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, much in line with the tehsil average of 1007.

The pincode recorded for Ratung is 835216. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratung covers 191 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.5 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Ratung falls under Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ratung is Chakradharpur, about 29 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 Ratung.

Ratung is about 38 km from Pashchimi Singhbhum in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratung is in Bandgaon tehsil of Pashchimi Singhbhum district. Bandgaon is about 8.0 km away. Chakradharpur is about 29 km away. Pashchimi Singhbhum is about 38 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.