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About Ratanpur Village

Ratanpur is a large village in Barharwa tehsil, in the district of Sahibganj, Jharkhand. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 3,414, made up of 1,786 males and 1,628 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 912 females per 1000 males. The village covers 68 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 816101, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Ratanpur Overview

Census 2011 figures for Ratanpur village
Description Value
State Jharkhand
District Sahibganj
Tehsil Barharwa
Pincode 816101
Area (hectares) 68 hectares
Population 3,414
Male Population 1,786
Female Population 1,628
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 912
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within <5 km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Ratanpur compares

By the 2011 count Ratanpur is the 7th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents. Its 68 hectares work out to about 50 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

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 within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within <5 km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 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 46 km from Sahibganj, and the nearest railway station is Barharwa Junction, about under 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 Ratanpur
Nearest railway station Barharwa Junction under 2 km
Tehsil headquarters Barharwa under 2 km
Nearest town Farakka 14 km
District headquarters Sahibganj 46 km

Villages closest to Ratanpur

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barharwa 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 3,414. That makes it the 7th largest of the 129 villages in the tehsil, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,070 residents.

Ratanpur village has 1,786 males and 1,628 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Ratanpur has about 912 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, a little below the tehsil average of 950.

The pincode recorded for Ratanpur is 816101. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Ratanpur covers 68 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 50 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Ratanpur falls under Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district in Jharkhand.

The nearest railway station to Ratanpur is Barharwa Junction, about under 2 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within <5 km distance for Ratanpur.

Ratanpur is about 46 km from Sahibganj in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Ratanpur is in Barharwa tehsil of Sahibganj district. Barharwa Junction is about under 2 km away. Barharwa is about under 2 km away. Farakka is about 14 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Barharwa (under 2 km), Jhiktia (under 2 km) and Patna (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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